Coffee Hour: Economic Development for a Sustainable Guatemala
Location:
Resource Center of the Americas
DESGUA- The Guatemalan Dream: Fair Trade and Fair Politics, tour is organized with the intention of placing our mission into action-to strengthen a network of solidarity among people like you. We ask that you help us stop forced immigration from its roots by supporting community owned co-ops and choosing to buy Fair-trade. Responsible consumerism can save our family structures and communities can therefore hope for a stable existence. The measure of our success is based on how strong a network we forge between Guatemalan migrant groups and Americans who support Guatemala.
What is DESGUA?
Economic Development for a Sustainable Guatemala/Desarrollo Económico por una Guatemala Sustentable
Our VISION is that our rural and indigenous communities will self-preserve and grow to be economically independent. We are invested in the hopes that Guatemala’s producer community and U.S. market will cultivate a working relationship that generates a sustainable and dignified way of life so that immigration in exchange for food is not the only option.
Our MISSION is to create economic development by building an international network of Guatemalan community-run cooperatives in both Guatemala and the U.S. within the Guatemalan immigrant community and rural Guatemalan groups. Moreover we mean to provide the American consumer who is interested in Fair-Trade and Organic principles information exchange workshops.
Education is a key emphasis to our economic development aspirations, as we fully understand that both education and economy are necessary to surpass unfair food distribution, lack of employment and exploitation in Guatemala. Through Fair-trade tours and educational workshops we mean to provide information and awareness of the direct economic impact that is had when producing and purchasing fair-Trade food and organic products with the hope that the producer, migrant vendor, and responsible consumer may benefit.
