Los Cabos is known internationally as a five-star location boasting world class resorts, fabulous sports including some of the best golf courses in North America, over-the-top fine dining and nightlife. And for many of our three million or so guests each year that’s what they see and what they take home. But underneath, hidden from the tourists, there is great need. Luckily there are many wonderful kind souls who live or visit here who do see the need (or at least are aware of it) and use their resources to help. Sadly, currently there is more need than help, but at least there is help. There is any number of wonderful causes working to fill that need: programs to feed children in the barrios, help families in temporary need, humane causes, scholarships to worthy students: the list goes on and on. From the smallest to the largest, they do something to make our part of the world a little bit better.
Just last week I learned of a new charity I can totally get behind. I had made a few dog sweaters and when I was at the Saturday Organic Farmer’s Market I took them to the Los Cabos Humane Society booth. Seems like it was a slow week, because the nice lady manning the LCHS booth was also manning her own booth for the Los Cabos Sarahuaro Foundation. I’d seen the booth many times but didn’t think to ask about it. She asked if she could keep one to use as a pattern for her ladies, then explained the cause, the Sarahuaro Foundation.
The Sarhuaro Foundation works with poor women and their children. That’s an understatement. I would be willing to wager that most people reading this, and the woman writing it, cannot comprehend the poverty of these women. This foundation works with them to teach life skills, including skills that may help them provide for themselves. Sewing is one of those skills, as is hair cutting and English (a skill that is prized by employers) and basic literacy. Nutrition and other survival skills are taught in workshops in the poorest of the poor barrios. Hence the booth full of handicrafts, those are the products of women looking to improve their lives and those of their children. Here is a link to a partial list of the classes offered: http://www.sarahuaro.org/blog/talleres-workshops/workshops/
And another link to the foundation’s website, where visitors can make a donation or just learn more about Sarahuaro: http://www.sarahuaro.org/blog/boletin-press/press/
I made my first purchase from the Sarahuara booth today, a lovely little jewelry pouch for my sis. But it won’t be my last. So next time you’re in Cabo, consider dropping by the Organic Farmer’s Market at the back gate of Pedregal (one block from the old town square) and buying a souvenir that just might help an impoverished woman get a leg up. Many hotels also contribute, if you can’t make it to the market ask if your resort has a program in which you can participate.
Yes, we live in paradise. But that doesn’t mean that everything is perfect for everyone. It may be naïve, but if we all try, perhaps someday it will be.
Carol Billups is Broker/Owner of Cabo Realty Pros. She has enjoyed working with both buyers and sellers for over twelve years and still thinks hers is the best job on earth. She is also the real estate columnist for Los Cabos Magazine. You can read more of her articles on the website blog http://www.caborealtypros.com. You can reach her from the U.S. or Canada at 1-760-481-7694, or in Cabo at 044-624-147-7541. You can listen to our 24/7 broadcast on http://www.livecabo.net for a mix of happy music, weather reports and local information.
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