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AMACH. Association of craftswomen from Chimoré
Enjoyable insects, butterflies, crickets, dragonflies, bees, lady bugs, all made out of jipijapa straw. Ideal for gardens and kid's rooms and also as decorations for treasure boxes, pens, and keychains. All dyed in bright colors inspired by the great biodiversity of insects in the tropical rainforests of Bolivia.
We are a group of mothers from the tropical rainforest region of Chimoré in the Chapare. We migrated here from other parts of Bolivia and learned the local art of dyeing and weaving a Palm called jipijapa. We developed our own line of products with the help of foreign NGOs who abandoned us once their project was finished.
We want to stay out of poverty, so we end up working at all kinds of jobs - farming, as nurses, or merchants, but we would rather make a living from our crafts because we like making them and it keeps us together. We have lost markets abroad which we want to regain and Ayni Bolivia is helping us.
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