Jacinta April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2015; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2015 Jacinta’s parents worked in agriculture; she was fortunate to complete high school and earn a diploma in...
Marcela April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2006; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2019 Marcela grew up in a three-room home in El Tablón, Sololá, where she lived with her parents...
Juana April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2001; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018 Juana lives in the rural community of Santa Lucía Utatlán in the department of Sololá. Her father...
Martha Carmen April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2019; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2022 Martha Carmen grew up in a family of 12 children—only eight of whom survived to adulthood—in Santa...
Petrona April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2020; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018 Petrona, a mother of six, is from the rural community Santa Lucia Utatlán. She lost her father...
Rosario April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2022; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2022 Rosario grew up in Zunil, Quetzaltenango, with her mother and two older brothers. Her mother worked hard...
María April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2009; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018 María comes from the community of Caserío Santa María El Tablón in the department of Sololá. Her...
Ruth April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2012; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018. Ruth is a K’iche Maya woman from Pamezabel, a rural community in Sololá. One of nine siblings,...
Santos April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2003; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018. Santos is a resident of Caserio Chuacruz, Sector Cipresales. One of seven children, she only had the...
Micaela April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2008; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018 The daughter of a day laborer and a housewife, Macaela attended school through second grade. Her father...
Martina April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2010; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2016 Martina was one of seven born and raised in Chichicastenango. A Maya K’iche child, she was in...
Elena April 24, 2024Indira Maldonado Friendship Bridge client since 2014; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2016 Elena, a Tz'utujil Maya woman, lives in the western highlands of Guatemala, on the outskirts of San...