Ruth and Naomi, named after two widows from the Bible, began in 1986 following the bombing of their community, Chontalá, near Chichicastenango. In order to generate income for the widows of the Civil War, Diego Chicoj, a Methodist pastor and tailor, decided to create a market for the women’s weavings. First, he worked with the women to create an array of products using their talent and then he taught their sons how to sew the final products. Over the years the women received improvements to their homes and were able to send their children to school with their increased income. Today, Ruth and Naomi contribute to various artisan groups and have nine young men who sew all of their products.

SHIPPING:
Global Village Nanaimo uses Canada Post for shipping, unless special arrangements are made. Our shipping rates are effective for anywhere in Canada. If you would like shipping outside of Canada, we will be happy to accommodate you - we just need to work out the best way to do that. send us an email at gvnanaimo@gmail.com and let us know how we can work with you to make it happen.

Our online product prices are not inflated to allow us to cover some or all of the shipping costs. We are a non-profit social enterprise, and we work within a fair trade pricing model to ensure we are able to support the vendors. That means that we need to charge fees to cover the costs of the shipping. We do not charge any handling costs, and we will continue to offer the most reasonable shipping costs possible, in order to cover the costs.

If you are purchasing this product, select PACKAGE B (and choose the delivery address province)

If you are purchasing several different items, select the shipping cost for the largest item, and no other shipping charges need be applied.

If you would like to pick up your package in Nanaimo, B.C, select the "PICK UP " option and there will not be any shipping fees charged

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MORE OPTIONS:

If you would like to include a beautiful fair trade greeting card with your purchase, return to our HOME PAGE after finalizing this purchase. Then select the option for "Greeting Cards, New Internationalist Books & Calendars" and purchase from that side of our store. Select the shipping option for "LOCAL PICK UP" and we will combine the items and ship them together. There will not be any additional shipping charges for this.