Solid, Marijke Jans SOLID: LESSONS LEARNED DURING 15 YEARS OF SOLID PERU Hip hip hooray! Today Solid and its projects in Peru celebrate their 15th anniversary. As you may well know, Solid was born from a feeling of injustice. It just wasn’t right that certain unspeakable t... 1 Feb 2022 Social Impact
Solid, Marijke Jans Vaccination update Recently, we’ve received many questions about the current state of affairs regarding the pandemic in India and Peru, and particularly about the vaccination rate in the areas of our Solid projects. So ... 18 Nov 2021 Social Impact
Solid, Marijke Jans Meet the Maker - Shashi Shashi Kacchap (29): Production supervisor and quality control for weaving, since April 2017 Thanks to a system she had worked out with her brother, Shashi was able to go to secondary school. She work... 18 Nov 2021 Social Impact
Solid, Marijke Jans Meet the Maker - Soni Soni Tirkey (25): craftswoman and weaver since April 2017 Soni is a weaver, working at the Paces Crafts workshop. But she was always a little different from the other kids in her neighbourhood. When s... 18 Nov 2021 Social Impact
Solid, Marijke Jans Stories that motivate us Ruth Melisa Hinostroza Alarcón is a native of Munaypata, a small village located at 1 hour and 30 minutes from the city of Ayacucho, at an altitude of 2700 metres above sea level. At the age of 22, sh... JOVEM 18 Nov 2021 Social Impact
Solid, Marijke Jans Paces Crafts 5th birthday - Solid India The inspiration The idea to start a textile workshop in India was born when Lyn, the founder of Solid, learned about the many Indian women that are forced to migrate from poor states like Jharkhand to... 18 Nov 2021 Social Impact
Solid, Marijke Jans Meet the Client - Sao We talked to Oriana from the home decor business ‘SAO’ in New York. This enthusiastic and creative woman offers various interior products made by Solids artisans, among which the colourful saree poufs... 18 Nov 2021 Crafts news
Solid, Marijke Jans Meet the maker - Sunita Paces crafts, more than a workplace At the Solid Crafts workshop – named Paces - in Ranchi, women learn more than weaving and crocheting the beautiful Solid Crafts products. Although this is their mai... 18 Nov 2021 Social Impact
Solid, Marijke Jans Meet Yoselin - a young entrepreneur My name is Yoselyn Gomez Flores. I am 16 years old and I live with my parents and brothers in Manallasacc. I participated in the Jovem project. Initially, I was afraid to participate, but little by li... JOVEM Young entrepreneurs 18 Nov 2021 Social Impact
Solid, Marijke Jans Meet Luz Bertha - JOVEM L uz Bertha joined the JOVEM project in 2018 when she was in her fourth year of high school. She is currently a member of the group of advanced young entrepreneurs. She is still receiving technical ad... JOVEM Young entrepreneurs 18 Nov 2021 Social Impact
Solid, Marijke Jans Meet Enrique Hello, my name is Enrique Gómez Castro, I am 20 years old. I grew up in the community of Hatumpampa in the district of Los Morochucos, Cangallo, Ayacucho. My parents are also from Hatunpampa and are f... JOVEM 18 Nov 2021 Social Impact
Solid, Marijke Jans In Peru the number of girls under ten forced to become mothers tripled in 2020 In Peru the number of girls under the age of ten forced to become mothers tripled in 2020, a year in which the number of formally registered births in that age range was at least 26, a direct conseque... Teenage mothers 18 Nov 2021 Social Impact
