Ruraq Maki 1st Annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser

Ruraq Maki is organizing our 1st Annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser. 

Date: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 
Location: 910 Camellia Way, San Jose 
Time: 11am-3pm 

$15 suggested donation includes 
Unlimited pours of 6 Wine varieties 
Passed Hors D’oeuvres 
No one turned away for lack of funds. 

The proceeds of this event will support the Yanamilla Prison Project, for incarcerated women in Peru, and Manos Independientes, for Bolivian female weavers in extreme poverty. 

Ruraq Maki, which means "Hands that Create" in Quechua, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating economic opportunities for low income female artisans working with traditional crafts. 

Since 2009, Ruraq Maki has helped nearly 85 incarcerated women in Peru increase their yearly earnings and has provided free educational workshop bi-yearly. Women participating in our program learn new, income generating skills that can be applied in the future upon their release. In 2012, Ruraq Maki launched Manos Independientes, serving rural weavers in Bolivia living in extreme poverty and struggling to provide for their children. Since it’s inception, Manos Independientes has reached 50 women in three communities in the Andes of Bolivia.