Asociacion Chajulense Va'l Vaq Quyol

El Quiche, Chajul, Guatemala

"The women [of the Asociación Chajulense] have utilized the Mayan and Ixil custom of weaving as an alternative source of income for their own development and their families since 1989. Mayan cosmology tells the story of the Ixchel goddess who wove the cosmos with her loom; the Ixil woman, in her image, have the power – and responsibility – to weave a better future: “she weaves dreams.”
Currently, there are 45 women who participate in the weaving project. The organization provides services for obtaining cotton, preparing the fabric, designing the product, tailoring it, and searching for markets in which to sell it."

-Informational brochure from the woman's group translated from Spanish by Shannon Ripley, Cooperative Coffees