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Eduacating Women In Ecuador...
Pacha Llama was born out of two friends passion forempowering women, South America and “art and culture”.
In the summer of 2009, Elodie and Aga travelledto the Ecuadorean Andes to teach indigenouswomen business and computer skills to help thembuild and grow sustainable mini enterprises.Educating Women in Equador. Until then, women of Calera have been making artisansat home and selling them to the market. By buying to us, we make sure to expand their enterprise fairly
In the summer of 2009, Elodie and Aga travelledto the Ecuadorean Andes to teach indigenouswomen business and computer skills to help thembuild and grow sustainable mini enterprises.Educating Women in Equador. Until then, women of Calera have been making artisansat home and selling them to the market. By buying to us, we make sure to expand their enterprise fairly
What is tagua?
Tagua is an ivory palm, Phytelephas aequatorialis harvested in South America. Like true ivory, tagua is dense and creamy yellow in color, and it can be carved and worked into jewelries.
An adult tagua tree can reach up to 20 metres (65 feet) in height and will typically bear several large, knobby wooden fruits. When cracked open, these fruits reveal several hen’s egg sized tagua nuts. These nuts are the seeds of the tree. The seeds can be used either to propagate another tagua tree or they can be carved into vegetable ivory products. The tagua tree is considered to be help in preserving the South American rainforests that have now been long under threat.
THe jewelries I sell are made by women in Ecuador and they are paid at a fair price. The goal is to empower women in Ecuador and to help them develop the cooperative we found with them there.
An adult tagua tree can reach up to 20 metres (65 feet) in height and will typically bear several large, knobby wooden fruits. When cracked open, these fruits reveal several hen’s egg sized tagua nuts. These nuts are the seeds of the tree. The seeds can be used either to propagate another tagua tree or they can be carved into vegetable ivory products. The tagua tree is considered to be help in preserving the South American rainforests that have now been long under threat.
THe jewelries I sell are made by women in Ecuador and they are paid at a fair price. The goal is to empower women in Ecuador and to help them develop the cooperative we found with them there.
