Mayan Hands

The Mayan Hands Organization  

Mayan Hands is a fair trade organization that has been working with Mayan weavers since 1989. The organization currently supports over 200 weavers, organized in groups of twelve to fifteen women, living in eleven different communities around the western and northern highlands of Guatemala. While Mayan weavers are internationally renown as the world's most talented textile artists, most of them live in extreme poverty and earn no more than three to four dollars monthly. The mission of Mayan Hands is to assist these women in their quest to raise themselves out of poverty. Working within the conditions of fair trade, the women are able to count on a modest and consistent salary that enables their families to eat better, attend school, and improve their homes. Selling their handwoven textiles at a fair price, these women are gaining control over their lives. 

The Mayan Hands cooperatives produced the scarves and shawls of The Fruition Collection.