Empower WAYUU women through handcrafted bags

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Esperamos que haya tenido unos buenos meses desde nuestra última comunicación. Durante este tiempo, hemos enfrentado muchos cambios y desafíos en nuestro proyecto, así como en nuestra misión y trabajo, los cuales se han desarrollado a lo largo del tiempo.

At the end of June, we visited La Guajira to monitor the project and make the necessary changes. We have seen that the production of backpacks has helped a lot in the development of the community, however, we hope to start a new chapter in the history of the communities. In today’s world, commerce has moved to the online world, so we are planning new courses on craft entrepreneurship as an addition to our in-company backpacking training to a government educational entity called SENA. It is very important that leaders and the community learn to create an independent product for future generations.

In addition, we made the purchase and collection of some backpacks manufactured by the communities. We also scheduled a meeting with SENA to schedule training for community weavers; however, this was not possible because Colombia was in the process of presidential elections. We are waiting to meet them again.

During our last visit, we also delivered markets to families in the communities to continue contributing positively to strategies related to food security.

Finally, we are moving towards more independent communities, as we told you some reports ago, we started an agricultural part of the project, and we continue to see the results. Each community now has a pot of vegetables to grow their food and is slowly achieving food security. We look forward to our best efforts to continue this project for the rest of 2022 with the help of our sponsors.

In this new year we hope for the best for you. 2022 has come with a lot of changes and opportunities, our mission and our work has developed with time as well. In the first months of 2022 we visited La Guajira to monitor the project and make the necessary changes. We have seen that the mochila production has helped a lot on the development of the community, however we are hoping to start a new chapter on the communities history. In the present world commerce has moved to the online world, therefore we are planning new courses on entrepreneurship of handicrafts as an addition to our mochila making training. It is very important that the leaders and the community learn how to create an independent product for the future generations. 

In addition, we partnered with WayuuMarket, an online platform that helps sell the mochilas. We have found that this is the most effective and efficient way we can help the community to receive the revenue for their hard work. In addition, WayuuMarket works directly on the territory, therefore it is easier to move the merchandise from the community rancheria to the buyers hands. 

Finally, we are moving toward more independent communities, as we told you some reports ago we started an agricultural part of the project and we finally got to see the results. Every community now has a vegetable pot to cultivate their food and they are achieving little by little food security.  We hope our best to continue this project in 2022 with the help of our sponsors.