Today we drove to the town of Magdalena Milpas Atlas to meet
women in the Wakami community in this town.
The women in this community have created a business doing bead-work
making bracelets which is helping to pull their families out of poverty. They
were so proud to share what they had just designed and showed us clothes they
had created and were featured in a large fashion show. The women were so kind-hearted
and were willing to share their life stories with us. We all gathered around
the tables, each person drew a picture of their hopes and dreams and then we all
shared with the group. The common theme
with the women of Wakami was the dream of owning a home, having their children
graduate from high school and having them grow up with a better life than they
had.
We started a project that the other group will be finishing
tomorrow – our Allina Health group and the Wakami women all pitched in and
painted walls in the courtyard of the home of the leader where they meet. We
ended our day with all of the women of the Wakami group holding a lighted
votive candle and they shared what they were grateful for and presented the
candle to each one of our group members. It was a great day and I think we all
came back with great respect for and inspiration from these women.
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