Nourish and IMAGINA

UT Austin- What Starts Here Changes the World

Finally, after a year and a half of hard work by Nourish members in fundraising, advertising, and getting ready for the summer project- the time has come.

Nourish chapters UCLA and UT-Austin are flying to Guatemala City for an exciting opportunity to work with SIFE- Students in Free Enterprise from the University of Guatemala Valley(UVG) on a project called IMAGINA, creating opportunities for women in business who would otherwise have none.

The purpose of the project is to help women become financially independent by building off of their skill in creating soaps and shampoos. Nourish volunteers will help not only in the process of creating soaps and shampoos themselves, but in bettering the work environment, creating a manual that will serve to teach more women how to create the soaps and shampoos, advertising and marketing the product, as well as teaching basic business skills.

Due to SIFE-UVG's diligence in the project, the women from Guatemala who will be working with Nourish this summer already have a contract with a large hotel in Guatemala City to create and sell 300 bottles of shampoo each month.

We're excited to see how this project turns out, and members from both Nourish Austin and Nourish UCLA will be updating this blog daily with pictures as well as stories of their time working in Guatemala.

Stay tuned!