Give your love some snuggle, chocolate and your heart with this adorable gift bag! The snuggle bunny comes from Guatemala, simply heat it in the microwave for one minute and you've got instant snuggles! Two bars of Equal Exhcange's delicious organic chocolate, both Dark and Milk gives your sweethearts some snuggles on the inside! Finished off with a hand-carved soapstone heart for your Valentine to hold and an onyx heart keychain to take anywhere. This is all included in the sustainable jute gift bag with a cute heart on the front. Give your Valentine some snuggles this year and know that your love is also given across the world from Pakistan, India, Guatemala, Ghana and Kenya! ** We cannot ship chocolate during the summer months. We will deliver orders for chocolate to Lawrence customers only until further notice. Sorry, and thank you! This gift basket may be ordered at a reduced price without the chocolate, please email us at alicia (at) twohandsworldshop.com**
UPAVIM is an acronym for Unidas Para Vivir Mejor or United to Live Better. UPAVIM is a group of approximately 66 women who live in the marginalized communities of La Esperanza, El Mezquital, Villa Lobos I and II, El Bucaro and La Jolla, in Zone 12 of Guatemala City. The women are all mothers and homemakers. Some are widows, some are abandoned by their husbands, and some confront alcoholism in their families. Many are the sole providers of economic support for their families.
The group was begun in 1988 with the Healthy Baby program installed in the parish of La Esperanza. With the imperative needs of the community the women decided to create products to sell and generate funds. These efforts have permitted them to become a self-sustaining association and to improve the quality of life through education, health care, employment opportunities, and personal development.
Read more about UPAVIM Crafts at www.upavim.org.
