![]() Her children have benefited from the education programs including scholarships that pay for school and school expenses such as uniforms and school supplies. Elvia learned to sign her name was proud add her signature to the potable water project in her neighborhood several years back. She learned to speak Spanish which is necessary in Guatemala in order to read just about anything including signs and work orders. Once Elvia joined the cooperative, she was able to study and to complete school through the 6 th grade. Once she started working for Mayamam Weavers, she earned enough money for all of her expense which included food, clothes, school and the medicine.īecause Elvia’s son felt the pressure to work to contribute to his family’s income, he only completed school through the sixth grade. When they gave her a prescription for medicine, it was difficult to find the money to pay for the medicine. “What changed my life was monthly earnings because I wasn’t worried anymore about where I would search for money for food and medicine for my children.” Elvia’s youngest daughter was often sick and had to be taken to the hospital. But little by little, I stopped crying and worrying so much.” Slowly Elvia adjusted to going to work every day and enjoyed working side by side and collaboratively with women like her who she could talk to, compare notes with and most importantly, laugh with. At first, it wasn’t easy because I left my children alone. 10 de mayo (solo para madres) Permisos laborales para Secretarias, segn el decreto 25-94 del congreso de la repblica de Guatemala. “I thought a lot about it because I didn’t know what I would do about feeding the kids and paying attention to them - but I decided to come to work. Permisos laborales para madres, segn el decreto 17-94 del congreso de la repblica de Guatemala. Elvia was worried that working outside of her house would be difficult while caring for her family. One day, a neighbor suggested she look for a job with Grupo Cajolá, the community organization that Mayamam Weavers works with. In order to support them, Elvia traveled to the coast to work. At the time her youngest daughter was only 2 years old and her son was 11. Sadly, Elvia’s husband was killed in Mexico in the San Fernando massacre in 2011 as he was traveling to the U.S. Before joining Mayamam Weavers, she took care of her family and would travel to the coast with her children to work during corn harvest seasons. This Mother’s Day, we thought it would be fun to introduce you to one of our favorite mamas, Elvia Lucas López who has been a seamstress in the cooperative since 2013. In some places, as mothers spend time together, the eldest of the group shares some words of wisdom with the younger mothers, a proverbial toast of sorts. Fue recién en 1914 cuando el entonces presidente Woodrow Wilson firmó un proyecto de ley para reconocer el Día. Just like in the U.S., mothers are honored during celebrations with lots of delicious food. El segundo domingo de mayo, la fecha más próxima al día que falleció su madre. The day begins before dawn with fireworks and loud music because why wouldn’t you? Working mothers often get the day off to spend with friends or family and new mothers are showered with small gifts as they are welcomed to this phenomenal club. While Mother’s Day is the second Sunday of every May in the U.S., Guatemala celebrates mothers on May 10 th every year regardless of the day of the week. Segn datos del Instituto Nacional de Estadstica (INE), en Guatemala 366,855 mujeres son mams, la mayora tiene entre 20 y 24 aos. Tras el festejo, cabe un espacio para entender la realidad de las madres en el pas y conocer datos estadsticos. In both Guatemala and the USA, Mother’s Day is a BIG deal. El Da de la Madre ya pas con celebracin, regalos y pasteles.
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