Supports organizations in promoting craftsmanship, as well as the economic and social development of artisans, while aiming to preserve the Guatemalan cultural identity.
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Learn about Luis Angel’s story
Associativity, an opportunity for development
Luis Ángel Tambriz Catinac, is a 23-year-old native of Palanquix, Nahualá. After already having very eclectic experience, like most young people, he had the desire to search for new opportunities. After graduating from high school and not being able to find a job due to lack of employment opportunities, he came close to migrating to the United States, but in the end he decided to dedicate himself to working with wood.
He started as an assistant in a community carpentry cooperative, where he learned from his challenges and difficulties and persevered in this art. After visiting the COPINA R.L Cooperative several times, he received an invitation to use the collective workshop and then become a member of the cooperative.
He is currently a professional carpenter and has the necessary tools for his work as well as the working capital to produce the furniture that the market demands. All this would not have been possible without the motivation of the managers of COPINA R.L. and the availability of machinery and equipment donated by FUNDAP. Luis Ángel is an eager, naturally hard worker and we promise him a future full of opportunities.
Luis Ángel Tambriz Capinac
Program initiatives
14 organizations improved their capacity of productive and commercial management
91 women artisans received training to grow in business management
63 artisans increased their business management skills
110 artisans were trained and enabled for artisanal production
5 new and improved artisan techniques were implemented for production
6 improvement instruments arrived and were installed in each supported organization
162 women strengthened their knowledge and prioritized social organization for their development
108 artisans were trained in the importance of social organization
14 organizations became socially stronger and further promoted local development
681 producers supported to increase their commercialization in the local market
26,460 were the wages generated, reaching 681 families
14 organizations and 10 producers received financial support through sales
9 organizations received productive machinery and equipment to increase their performance
10 organizations received productive machinery and equipment to increase their performance