Support Handmade Heritage Arts made by asylum seekers at the U.S.-MX border.

Creators Helping Creators seeking Asylum
Creators Helping Creators seeking Asylum

Support Handmade Heritage Arts made by asylum seekers at the U.S.-MX border.
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, asylum-seekers with small children and few resources are stuck on the border. They can't go forward and they can't go back. With the help of other local NGO's, volunteers are finding innovative work-arounds to accept Handmade work & return funds for them across the border.
"I have been waiting here on the border to be safe in the U.S. for eight months now. My mother taught me to embroider as a child, then I taught my daughter and my son too. When I’m creating my designs and stitching, I feel better.” Artisan embroidering on the street in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.
"The money we receive as artisans provides bus fare for my children and me to get across town to eat at the Comedor (Jesuit Soup kitchen). The children are so small, they can't walk that far."
Artisan with toddlers, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
"I learned to embroider here in Nogales thanks to my companions from the shelter. We have the opportunity now to demonstrate the skills that many of us have. I want to be able to bring stability , tranquility, and security to my three children."
31 yr. old artisan, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
The Call: Summer, 2019
A message came from a shelter in Nogales, Mexico, 60 miles south of Tucson, where families were waiting for weeks or months for an asylum interview. It was not a request for food, clothing, and blankets. It was instead an urgent plea from migrating women for crochet needles and yarn.
Each original, hand-stitched work of Art is a vote for beauty, faith, and self-determinism in the middle of perilous migration and family displacement.
Every piece of Heritage art that we offer for a donation or sell through the Etsy Shop means we can purchase more from the artisans, providing direct AID to families, many of whom have nothing.
Donate to Artisans Beyond Borders and receive in the mail a hand-picked bordado (embroidery) with any donation of $45.00 or more or choose your own from the Etsy Shop.
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