My name is Caryn Maxim. I live in NJ but spend 2 weeks of each month in Cajola, a Maya Mam community in the western highlands of Guatemala. (The Mam people are one of the 22 Maya ethnic groups in Guatemala.) I have been helping a group of women start a weaving cooperative, MayaMam Weavers, over the past years. I would like to share with you some of their work, some of their stories, some of their wisdom, as well as why fair trade -- or trading fairly -- matters.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Come visit MayaMam Weavers
We are pleased to say we finally have a sign announcing our location! Now that we are so easy to find we hope to have more visitors. We are in the process of designing a new style of fabric for a cooperative project in Mazatenango, when they come to see the samples they will easily find us this time. And of course we invite any of you who come to Guatemala to visit us in the new year. We will be finishing our work year tomorrow with our year end inventory, then we are on vacation until the 2nd of January. Happy New Year -- and Best Wishes as we change to a new era in our Long Count Calendar,
at midnight tonight!
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