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Winter Break Guatemala Project
Learn more about our 07-08 Winter break trip! Click on the link below for pictures! More to come soon. (Winter Break Pictures):

What is Dreamweavers?
Read interviews from residence of San Juan and San Pedro about Mayan culture and the effects of the Guatemalan Civil War [ read more... ]
What is Dreamweavers?
Dream Weavers Org is a student-run fair trade organization, dedicated to raising scholarship money for the children of Guatemala’s many Mayan women’s cooperatives. [ read more... ]
Ways you can help Dream Weavers:

1)Purchase one of our beautiful hand-made products: Purchasing our products support women's cooperative in Guatemala, leading to sustainable development in the community and economic empowerment for the Mayan women that sell them. please check back!

2) Make a donation: Donations are greatly appreciated. If you choose to donate, you can specify exactly what you would like your donation to go to. This summer we plan crediting all our donors on-line.

Click here to download our donation form! (click to download pdf):

3) We’re always looking for student leaders who are interested in sustainable development, fair trade, education, marketing, and business to make our fund-raising in NYC a success. If this is you, please contact: board@weaveadream.org

Want to learn more about Guatemalan culture and San Juan La Laguna? Try these links:

Extensive report on the Guatemalan Civil War: Guatemalan Truth and Reconciliation Report

Breif country profile by BBC: BBC Country profile

Updates
Pictures and information from last winter break's trip are now up! To see the, click here: (Winter Break pictures):

Dream Weavers Finance Page is now up! To see it, Click here (Finance Page):

Interviews conducted during winter break are now up! You can view them by clicking on ¨programs¨ in the upper panel of the webpage

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