{"id":1014,"date":"2017-06-21T22:19:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T22:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2018-06-27T14:32:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T14:32:38","slug":"manos-unidas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/manos-unidas\/","title":{"rendered":"Manos Unidas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1017\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1017\" src=\"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Jeff_Rhude-1363.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Jeff_Rhude-1363.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Jeff_Rhude-1363-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit \/\/ Jeff Rhude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Manos Unidas<\/em>\u00a0is a cooperative for adults with disabilities in San Juan del Sur. The program was founded by Bastin Vrancken and Brooke Rundle and currently funded by donations received through the Casa Llanta Fund.\u00a0 The cooperative meets on weekdays in the San Juan del Sur library to congregate, learn and produce products.\u00a0<em>Manos Unidas\u00a0<\/em>translates to\u00a0\u201chands together\u201d which signifies the culture of teamwork and togetherness within the cooperative.\u00a0\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Our Mission<\/h2>\n<p>To foster friendships, individual independence and improve the quality of life for people with disabilities through the\u00a0making and selling of goods produced solely by the members of the cooperative.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1015\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1015 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Jeff_Rhude-1321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Jeff_Rhude-1321.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Jeff_Rhude-1321-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit \/\/ Jeff Rhude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Our Work<\/h2>\n<p><em>Manos Unidas<\/em> started with the making of handmade silk flowers and has evolved into the production of fashionable tote bags made from re-purposed rice bags and woven jewelry from repurposed clothing. All materials are sourced in Nicaragua and each bag is hand crafted by the individual named on the bag tag. Wherever possible we strive to use recycled materials for creating products. Every step of the production process be done by the hands of the students within the cooperative and that the quality of the products is not\u00a0compromised by the disabilities of the people within cooperative.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1016\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1016 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Jeff_Rhude-1333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Jeff_Rhude-1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Jeff_Rhude-1333-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit \/\/ Jeff Rhude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Our Promise<\/h2>\n<p>100% of all proceeds from the sale of bags made by <em>Manos Unidas<\/em> go directly to the payment of student participant bi-monthly salary payments. By purchasing the products, you are providing a job for the members of the cooperative and contributing to the improvement of their livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>We feel strongly committed to our mission and believe that the members of the cooperative are extremely artistic and capable of creating quality and stylish products. It is our hope that people buy the bags for the artistic beauty and intrinsic love, rather than out of sympathy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manos Unidas\u00a0is a cooperative for adults with disabilities in San Juan del Sur. The program was founded by Bastin Vrancken and Brooke Rundle and currently funded by donations received through the Casa Llanta Fund.\u00a0 The cooperative meets on weekdays in the San Juan del Sur library to congregate, learn and produce products.\u00a0Manos Unidas\u00a0translates to\u00a0\u201chands together\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[54],"class_list":{"0":"post-1014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-giving-back","8":"tag-casa-llanta-fund","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manos Unidas - Bring It Live<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/manos-unidas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manos Unidas - Bring It Live\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manos Unidas\u00a0is a cooperative for adults with disabilities in San Juan del Sur. 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