INTRODUCING Co-partners of Campesinas
I magine a family living on five dollars a day! That is the income of many rural families in El Salvador and Guatemala. Co-partners of Campesinas (copartners.org), an Alexandria-based, all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization is working to improve family income by providing small grants and technical assistance to four Central American women's groups who distribute scholarships and organize vocational training for women and youth. When Archer Heinzen, a Campbell client, lived in El Salvador in the 1990s, she fell in love with a group of valiant but excruciatingly poor women and wanted to do something to help. Returning to the States and settling in Alexandria, she sought the help of friends to become members of the board of Co-partners.
Since that time, she and a group of volunteers have made annual trips to El Salvador and Guatemala to conduct brief, intensive leadership workshops for children, youth, and adults. Based on skills they learned in sewing classes, one group of women formed a co-op to produce school uniforms. Others now work individually as dressmakers. Computer classes have helped youths expand the minimal computer training they receive in school. Cosmetology classes have led some young women to jobs in beauty salons, and, after training, young men have found work as electricians and welders. New volunteers are welcome to come to our Wednesday night board meetings. Spanish-speaking volunteers are welcome on all or part of this year’s volunteer trip ( July 24-August 14). If interested, please email Archer at heinzen@verizon.net . Donations are welcome too!
Sewing co-op
Advocacy training
Upcoming Events
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