Mrs. America Durand,  a Peruvian mother, since she was young , she felt the mission to help to develop communities,  specially to widow, single mothers. She believes the skills of the mothers she leads, are changing their lives for better. Hans Valdez, Peruvian who has traveled all over his country and many places around the world has discovered the wonders of his country´s textile combined with modern designs from worldwide resulting in amazing pieces of art. Jenifer Valdez besides  her  management during the whole production process, she supervises our Fair trade statements and keeps updating our certificates, permises and relationships with other  clients /providers.

We joined in 2007 and since then, they have been developing the Peruvian weaving techniques using  Inca and pre-Inca techniques, together with nowadays groups of  more than 250 mothers who have these beautiful knitting skills in their hands and have cultivated through the opportunity with MIA to show their arts. These extraordinary techniques allow them to have a better quality of life and their families through their art that we seek to develop and maintain.