Chicken Pin CushionWe are a retail seller of Fair Trade products. Sowers of Hope markets Fair Trade products produced by co-ops and families mainly from Guatemala. The founder of Sowers of Hope, Barb Lorraine, lived and worked with UPAVIM (United For a Better Life) for 14 years. UPAVIM represents most of the work on this site and is a women's co-op located in a marginalized community on the edge of Guatemala City. The co-op was formed to give women employment and fund social projects in the community. Today the wholesale profits provide work for 70 women, fund a day care, an alternative school from 1-6, medical clinic and laboratory. When you purchase our products you are helping to make a difference in the lives of 70 UPAVIM families and their community of over a 1000 families.