Donations to Purchase Looms

The cost of these garments is one of the main reasons that local indigenous dress is disappearing. The people are poor and cannot afford such garments. 60% of Guatemalans earn about 15 Q (15 “quetzals”, or $2.00) per day.


Many of the families in the area lost all their belongings to the floods or the mud, and cannot afford to replace their clothing. As an adjunct project in collaboration with Susie, our innkeeper here at the Posada de Sanitago, the Bridges mentors made donations to purchase looms for the families to weave their own huipiles. Our donations inspired others at the Posada to donate, and Susie collected enough Quetzales to purchase looms and thread for 33 families. The local Catholic Priest responded with some money from his budget, and the project has now taken a life of its own with Susie as the coordinator.