Jacinta April 24, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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, 2024Handmade by Friendship Bridge 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...