The Covid 19 pandemic has brought changes to the daily life of us all. Many people around the world have had to adapt to the challenges of working at home rather than in an office. This wasn’t the case for the En Vía women, as the majority were already running their businesses from their houses… Continue reading De mamás a maestras: From mothers to teachers
Category: Santa María Guelacé
Chickens – and more chickens!
The latest in Susan Bean Aycock's series of interviews with En Vía entrepreneurs. This time she's been talking with Leticia Méndez Alcántara in the agricultural community of Santa Maria Guelacé. Leticia Méndez AlcántaraPhoto: Sylvia Hines For Leticia Méndez Alcántara and her family, life and work revolve around food: chickens and a few pigs, plus a… Continue reading Chickens – and more chickens!
Dreams and challenges: América’s story
by Sylvia Hines, Communications Intern I met América Antonio José amongst the succulents, roses and many other plants in the beautiful garden centre that she has created in the yard in front of her house. Almost the first thing she said to me (after the warmest of greetings) was that for her En Vía has… Continue reading Dreams and challenges: América’s story
Featured En Vía borrower: Claudia Martínez Martínez
Alice Bayer writes about En Vía borrower Claudia Martínez who runs a plant nursery.
Getting Online in Santa María Guelacé
Words and photos by Stephanie Castellano. The afternoon heat had settled heavily over the sleepy little town of Santa María Guelacé, located just outside the city of Oaxaca. Except for the dogs lolling in scraps of shade, the dusty streets were deserted. But inside one vividly green building on the town’s main street, there was… Continue reading Getting Online in Santa María Guelacé