$289

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Teresa Pino from Bolivia, South America. She is an entrepreneur who owns Hecho En Bolivia, an organization that creates income producing opportunities for women who have no other options and would be destitute without this industry. The women create beautiful clothing items from baby alpaca fur (the animals aren’t harmed in any way). The clothes are created using green living methods: the women use looms to make the clothes. The process is sustainable by creating ongoing opportunities that help the whole community.

The women involved usually have multiple children so need to be at home to care for them. The women are taught how to make the beautiful clothing and are given a loom to use at home so they can create income while caring for their families. Isn’t that awesome? Their daughters, when old enough, are taught how to do the weaving as well so they can either help their mother or graduate to their own loom when they’re of working age.

Hecho En Bolivia also helps the workers’ children obtain additional schooling when appropriate. Some of the daughters are going to school for accounting and finance. Teresa isn’t just helping the women make an income but their whole families and thus the community at large. Awesome!

I took pictures of some of the clothing items Teresa brought from Bolivia. The pictures don’t do them justice and I wish you could feel them. Baby alpaca is softer than cashmere and feels just as soft on your skin-it doesn’t itch like wool. Every item can be totally customized with color, design and embroidery-all at no additional cost. Wow, that’s a deal. Where else can you get all of that for such a reasonable price while helping out people much less fortunate than yourself?

Please go to www.bolivianattire.com for better pictures and more items.

If you’re interested in selling these beautiful, luxurious fashions, please contact me. I’m not being compensated in any way for doing this. I just love helping people and know when you give a mother sustainable work, you help many other people around her.

The price shown includes shipping from Bolivia and any customization you desire.

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