Josephina is a Kiva.org microfinance borrower who used her small loan to develop her nephew's shoe-making business and her own weaving business. She lost one of her hands at a very young age, but this doesn't prevent her from weaving and doing everything else. Quite inspirational. Taken in the village of Chesuc outside of Guatemala City, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
A spice and dried goods vendor at the Mercado Las Flores breaks apart some cinnamon for us to use later in making pepian. Taken in Xela (Quetzaltenango), Guatemala. Read more and watch a video about our Guatemalan cooking class. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Rosalinda Matea gives us a demonstration on the loom of how she weaves fajas, the woven belts used with skirts (traje) in traditional Mayan or indigenous wear in Guatemala. Taken in the village of Paraje Xecaje outside of Totonicapan, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
