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Almaya Fund

Verified organization (gt)quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Website
6 campaigns 375 contributions received $28,058 raised Member since March 2020
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Almaya Fund Story

Almaya Fund is a new 'sister' organisation to Trama Textiles. Our focus is to provide access to education and professional development opportunities for the women & girls of the Trama Textiles cooperative.

 

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Trama Textiles is an association of artisan female weavers in Guatemala. Over the past 34 years, Trama Textiles has worked directly with 400 Mayan women from 17 weaving cooperatives across 5 regions in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. The goal of the association is to create work for fair wages for these women, to enable them to support their families and communities, and to preserve and develop the rich cultural tradition of textile arts within these communities.

 Although Trama Textiles has been successful in providing fair wages for its cooperative members, a large proportion of the indigenous population in the Western Highlands live in poverty with little access to health care services or education.

Trama had a vision to further support its members and families by helping them to access required services, as well as creating opportunities for educational and professional development. 

In order to fully address the needs of its members, Trama Textiles has now established Almaya Fund , a separate ‘sister’ organisation which will focus solely on access to education opportunities for girls and women.

Mission Statement

Almaya aims to provide the women & girls of Trama Textiles cooperative with access to education and professional development opportunities to offer brighter futures and end the cycle of poverty in their communities.

 

Our Goals

Almaya aims to offer support services and development opportunities for members of Trama Textiles cooperatives in the following areas:

 

1. Health and Well-being:  
Almaya will work to provide access to support in the areas of:
  • Health Services
  • Nutrition
  • Vision Restoring
  • Oral Care
  • Family Planning
  • Access to safe water
2. Training and Education:
Almaya will help Mayan weavers to better their economic situations with training and education in the areas of:
  • Weaving/Design workshops to continue to improve their skills
  • Spanish or Literacy skills
  • Financial literacy
3. Scholarships and School Supplies:
Almaya will provide scholarships and school supplies for the children of Trama Textiles members to help to end the cycle of poverty in their communities.

 

 

 

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ORALIA CHOPEN


As the current vice-president of Trama Textiles, Oralia’s dream is to fully employ the current 100 women who work with Trama. For Oralia, paying women a fair wage for their products is rewarding, as it has a direct impact on empowering women within the community.

Oralia joined Trama as a teenager, encouraged to pursue Trama’s mission as her father was passionate about helping women affected by the civil war.

Oralia lives in Xela with her family, and in addition to managing the Trama cooperative, she teaches weaving at the Trama office.

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AMPARO DE LEÓN DE RUBIO



Amparo is the current president of Trama Textiles, and is passionate about improving opportunities and livelihood for women. Amparo’s father died when she was 11 years old, leaving her mother and siblings destitute. Amparo learnt to weave to support her family and has devoted her life to empowering other women through weaving to support themselves, their families and their communities.

As Amparo can read, write and speak in Spanish, she considers herself lucky since the majority of weavers represented by Trama Textiles are illiterate. Amparo has worked with Trama for over 23 years and is based at the Trama office in Xela, coordinating the work of the 100 weavers across the highlands of Guatemala.

 

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Education Fund

The Education Fund was established to help children of the Trama Textiles Cooperative learn, grow, and excel. Our primary goal is to provide direct scholarships and essential school supplies to students in need.

$21,771 raised of $25k goal
2 Years running
2022 Christmas Drive

Please help us give our Guatemalan weavers a Christmas!

$1,716 raised of $1k goal
Finished January 3, 2023
Mental Health Services in our Indigenous Communities

With this campaign we aim to raise awareness about mental health, alleviate associated stigma and encourage our weavers to seek necessary care. With your help, we can start this community healing process.

$180 raised of $1.5k goal
Finished December 15, 2022
Artistic Development Training and Equipment

We are raising money in order to purchase new weaving equipment for our cooperative members, to allow them to work simultaneously (many women share one within a community) as well as allowing space for creative development and skill sharing.

$1,205 raised of $1.2k goal
Finished October 5, 2022
Easter Food and Supplies Drive for our hardworking weavers!

Trama Textiles aims to support our weavers with our annual food supplies drive. This year we are building Easter baskets filled with food stuffs and basic supplies that our weavers can use to uplift their families' spirits during the spring holidays.

$926 raised of $3k goal
Finished June 29, 2022
Trama Textiles Association - Frank's "Birthday Connections"

Trama Textiles works as an association of weavers in Guatemala, and so almost all the funds from sales of our beautiful products go to paying the women a fair wage. Therefore, we rely on donations to help us with day-to-day operations of the association.

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