Compare this to your life!

• It takes one week to knit a sweater for which the knitter receives $15. This money helps to feed her family. Later she shares in profit sharing.
• Women in the Artesania learn business skills by courses and by holding positions
• Rainfall is often sparse at the high Andes altitudes
• Crops are not guaranteed
• Employment, as we know it, does not generally exist
• Shepherding is a way of life for many families
• There is no heat in any home
• Very few homes have hot water
• Potatoes are an important crop
• The Rosario inhabitants are working together to domesticate vicuña
• Vicuña is the most precious wool in the world
• Alpaca wool is excellent and makes warm and beautiful sweaters