Ethical Fashion Guatemala.
Began four years ago stopping the exploitation of Artisans.
Imagine you’re a weaver or leather-worker in Guatemala. You labor intensely over a product — let’s say a bag featuring textiles unique to your heritage — and sell it to an American tourist for $35. It’s worth a good deal more, you think, but the American drives a hard bargain, and considering 65 percent of your nation lives below the poverty line, something is always better than nothing. You take the sale.
A few months later, you stumble across the bag you made selling online for nearly $300 on an American website that claims to be benefiting artisans like yourself. The website may feature a picture of yourself that you never gave the visiting tourist permission to take or use, or it may feature a picture of a weaver you’ve never met from another village.
March 18th, 2020, the Guatemala Government closed its Borders to the outside world in order to control the spread of Covid 19.
Nine months passed our Borders re-opened in September of 2020.
The financial impact, devastating for our Artisans, 90% of Lake Atitlan Guatemala’s population relies on Tourism.
Tourism is an important part of Ethical Fashion Guatemala’s work, providing travelers a cultural experience.
We started producing Masks, with the help from clients and supporters in other countries including friends in Arizona, we produced and shipped over 35,000 masks, providing needed income for our Artisan.
Arizona Postal worker has shown wearing a mask produced in Guatemala.
Plan a Vacation with us in Guatemala.
Ethical Fashion Guatemala Travel is all about discovering local Artisan culture through unique travel experiences, exploring off the beaten paths, and meeting the locals. Our aim is to inspire you and enrich your life as a traveler.
Guided by local guides who know, love, and respect the geography, history, and culture of Guatemala — our adventures are a personal odyssey.
From trekking the Highlands of the Sierra Madre mountain range and exploring rural indigenous Mayan villages, to climbing to the summit of volcanoes, our Travel options create moments and memories that will last a lifetime.
We are very proud to offer some of the most amazing Artisan experiences in Lake Atitlan and the surrounding area and we want to share these with you.
Custom Orders
Provide us with a design or work with one of our designers and create your own product.
The process is simple no matter what part of the world you live, we ship worldwide under our DHL contracts.
Tours and Workshops
Immerse yourself for a day in the Mayan Artisan Culture of Guatemala, learn how to make your own scarf in the home of one of our Weavers.
Attend our Cooking school in Teresa’s home, shop at the local market, cook in her home with her family.
Spend a day hiking or visiting Mayan Villages around Lake Atitlan.
All our products are Handmade
The best way to describe our business is slow Fashion, one of a kind, unique crafted products, sustainable, supporting our Environment of Lake Atitlan without adding pollutants into our land or the Lake.
You will never find exactly the same product produced, Weekender Bags, Totes, Shoulder Bags, Capes, Starves, Shawls, Dresses and a full line of Leather products are available.
Ethical Fashion Guatemala
Shipping Artisan Products From Guatemala.
Ethical Fashion Guatemala provides Shipping Services, as described on this page, for Guatemalan Artisans.
The services provided are for Guatemalan Artisans customers only.
Services are Provided World Wide by DHL Express.
Ethical Fashion Guatemala Services
The tools Ethical Fashion Guatemala provides Central American Artisans allow producers access to services needed to compete in a Global Economy, Marketing services, E-commerce, Banking, and DHL services.
Ethical Fashion Guatemala Maintained by Grupo Maya Net
Grupo Maya Net is a Lake Atitlan Guatemala Internet Service Provider.
Cel. 5978-3672 Tel. 7762-2092 / 7762-2992
info@grupomayanet.com, tzulcarlos@gmail.com
Avenida Santander Centro Comercial el Patio Local No.6 Panajachel Solola
Guatemala Artisan Products Company
This Website is owned by the Artisans of Guatemala.
This is an important fact for the future of Guatemalan Artisans and the Mayan Culture.
Because you will find on the Internet, on Websites in the US selling Handmade Guatemalan Artisan products that are Fakes or Knock Offs.
Photography by:
Omar Soumoza San Pedro La Laguna Lake Atitlan Guatemala.
Model:
Kaila Tzul Tzul Panajachel Solola
Ethical Fashion Guatemala
Ethical Fashion Guatemala