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Mercado Global

MerGlobal2Mercado Global provides business development support and connects artisan cooperatives in rural Guatemala to sales opportunities in the US.  The organization currently provides fair wage income to over 400 indigenous women in 40+ cooperatives, helping to support their 2,700 dependents.  FiveMerGlobal3 $10,000 project grants from AllPeopleBeHappy foundation in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 are being used to provide financial literacy, business development, and health education training to the existing co-op members.  The financial literacy training focuses on banking and saving, while the business development curriculum gears towards running successful community business and small enterprises.  The health component offers training sessions on sanitation and hygiene, occupational and mental health, nutrition, and reproductive health.  (www.mercadoglobal.org)

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