The Women Entrepreneurs Project seeks to strengthen the economic security of women in Santiago Atitlán and surrounding communities by offering the tools, training, and support necessary for the creation of micro-businesses.
The project currently supports a group of women whose collective is entitled Ixaq Ch'ajch'oj or Healthy Women. The women of this collective are working to sew reusable menstrual hygiene products as a part of Days for Girls Social Enterprise Program. Days for Girls is a global nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to menstrual hygiene care and education. In addition to Days for Girls and Pueblo a Pueblo, the collective also receives support from Aldea Maya, another community development nonprofit in the Santiago Atitlán community.
As participants in the project, women attend workshops about secondary income generation, business modeling, and small business maintenance. During their three years as participants, women entrepreneurs foster personal leadership skills, diversify their incomes, and learn about the intersection between individual and community development.
The project currently supports a group of women whose collective is entitled Ixaq Ch'ajch'oj or Healthy Women. The women of this collective are working to sew reusable menstrual hygiene products as a part of Days for Girls Social Enterprise Program. Days for Girls is a global nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to menstrual hygiene care and education. In addition to Days for Girls and Pueblo a Pueblo, the collective also receives support from Aldea Maya, another community development nonprofit in the Santiago Atitlán community.
As participants in the project, women attend workshops about secondary income generation, business modeling, and small business maintenance. During their three years as participants, women entrepreneurs foster personal leadership skills, diversify their incomes, and learn about the intersection between individual and community development.