Last Tuesday was International Women's Day or Día de la Mujer. It is celebrated here in Ecuador by giving flowers or chocolates to important women in your life, much like Mother's Day or Valentine's Day. It was originally established by the Socialist Party of America to celebrate the economic, political, and social achievements of women. At the office we received roses and chocolates from Runa and our factory director, Manolo, bought a cake for us. (L to R: Cass, Katya, Aliana, Sandra, Alexandra, Sophia, and Sophia's daughter, Shirley)
I worked on Saturday because we had another Guayusa Producer Executive Body meeting. We are helping them create a Fair Trade development plan for this year. They are required to do this in order to have access to the money from the social premium fund. Kate, one of our interns, is assisting us in facilitating this process with the farmers.
This weekend we also celebrated Xavier's birthday with a small bbq on Saturday evening at our house. We had about 10 people over and we grilled steak and hamburgers. Xavi's friend who makes amazing cakes brought a strawberry tart and a tres leches cake, both were delicious! She promises to teach me to make tres leches sometime soon.
Have a great week everyone!
Love,
Aliana
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