Since 2010, we have trained more than 90 artisans in Caracas through our External Artisans Program. Through this initiative, we provide training, support with initial investment, fair compensation, and ongoing work opportunities for women facing challenging circumstances.

The program is designed to give them the flexibility to work independently or alongside their daily responsibilities, creating a sustainable source of income and greater financial autonomy.

We have witnessed the meaningful impact that economic empowerment and self-sufficiency can have not only on their lives, but also on their families.

Committed to expanding this model, in April 2024 we brought the program to Lima, Peru, with the goal of continuing to create opportunities in new communities.

Since 2013, we have expanded our training and work program into rural areas of the Latin American Amazon, partnering with Indigenous communities that face significant challenges due to their remote and hard-to-reach locations.

Our first initiative began in the Venezuelan Amazon, working with women from the Pemón community of Kamarata Valley, in Bolívar State.

In 2018, with the support of Fundación Tierra Viva, we established a direct commercial partnership with the Warao people in the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela.

In Peru, since 2023, through collaborations with Fundación Codespa, the Work4Progress Program by Fundación “la Caixa”, and Asociación Yapit, we have been able to work with three Awajún communities in the Peruvian Amazon.

These partnerships allow us to create meaningful work opportunities while honoring and preserving the cultural knowledge, traditions, and craftsmanship of each community.

With the support of Fundación Codespa, an organization dedicated to helping people move “from poverty to prosperity” through scalable rural market development, we have been able to create new opportunities for artisan communities in the Peruvian Andes.

In 2023, we began our collaboration with Asociación Hilos de Alpaca, a group of Quechua women living at 3,500 meters above sea level, at the foothills of the Ausangate mountain in the Cusco region.

From raising their own alpacas and sheep to spinning the fibers, naturally dyeing the yarn, and handcrafting each piece, the artisans are involved in every stage of the process.

Their work preserves ancestral techniques passed down through generations, bringing together craftsmanship, heritage, and the natural beauty of the Andes.