Category Archives: "Yabal Guatemala Organization"

A Story of Hard Work and Resilience

We want to introduce everyone to Santa Guachiac, the leader of the Pacutamá weaving cooperative and Board Member of our organization, Yabal Guatemala. Hear from her in her own words: “Since I was a child, my mother, and my great grandmother, they know how to weave on the backstrap loom,  That is their job, and

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Celebrating World Fair Trade Day!

This past May 14 we commemorated World Fair Trade Day. This was a good moment to reflect on how Yabal is part of this World movement, promoting justice in trading partnerships between producers and consumers with a focus on environmental sustainability.  We had the chance to celebrate with women from Chuicutáma, part of the Yabal

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These past few months

These past few months have been an adaptation for all of us. While we haven’t posted many recent updates, that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been busy! We wanted to catch you up and share a bit of what our team has been up to these last few months: Yabal continued with food donations for

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Update on Yabal Communities During Pandemic

Guatemala now has over 7,500 cases of coronavirus. There are multiple reports of inadequate hospital staff, food, medicine, and beds in centers attending patients with Covid-19. Promised government economic help and food aid has managed to reach very few of the most desperate in the country. And the virus continues to increase daily, troubling given

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