La Luciernaga, The Firefly, Tegucigalpa Hand made candles Established in 1999, this candle making group is a project of the nonprofit women's organization Actions for Popular Development (ADP). The work of ADP includes a shelter for abused women and their children, a home for pregnant women and a micro lending program. La Luciernaga's workshop employs four women, two are former residents of the women's shelter.

Esperanza, The Women of My Hope – Tegucigalpa, Honduras Handbags and seed jewelry Mi Esperanza means “My Hope” and began in 2002 with a vision to provide assistance for women in the villages surrounding Tegucigalpa. Of the 1.3 billion people living in poverty, 70 percent are women. Many of the women are single mothers living in extreme poverty who are supporting their families without assistance. Through Mi Esperanza, women are finding sense of hope and self empowerment. The Mi Esperanza Training Facility, centrally located in Tegucigalpa, is the heart beat of the training program. The women work and earn a wage to support themselves and a small amount is made to run the sewing co-op.

Juan Pablo Segundo – El Pital Quilts, Pillows, Handsewn items Women’s Sewing Cooperative in El Pital, Rio Cangrejal, Honduras. Rosario Lobo formed a women's organization which spearheaded community reconstruction. Recognizing a need to create economic opportunity for women, Rosario and others taught themselves how to sew, producing their first quilt in 1999. Our support offers the quilters themselves the gifts of self empowerment, educational opportunity, economic freedom and hope.The Hand Sewn items are quilted and sewn by the women in the coop and are the sole providers of their community.

Made In Honduras Trujillo Tunu crafts, Hand bags, Sea glass jewelry Consists of a group of over 100 craftspeople who make their wares with the tourist trade in mind. The group includes people from villages near Trujillo and indigenous people from the Mosquitia. Crafts ornaments from tuno (native bark craft of the Miskito Indians),Sea glass jewelry from the beaches of Trujillo, and colorful bags professionally sewn. In 2000, this group of people came from roadsides all over Honduras to lay claim to land that the government had put aside for land reform. They are a well organized community with a health center, local bank, agriculture store, carpentry shop, bakery, sewing center, schools, a creamery, and the fish ponds raising tilapia. They welcome visitors to visit the village.