In the afternoon, from 2pm to 6pm, I work with the other women of Ajkem’a Loy’a,Â
Sandra, Romelia, Catherina, Ruth, Gloria, Hilda y Cindy experimenting with weaving.
At 4 pm Telma brings us cookies from her bakery and we drink coca cola.
Giving Indigenous Girls in Guatemala the Chance to Reach Their Full Potential by Supporting Their Education
August 14, 2009
Mayan girls and young women in Guatemala are triply disenfranchised by their youth, their gender and their ethnicity. At the age of 12 they are taken out of school to