Creamos, consists of the Adult Education and Entrepreneurship Program that is housed in our Centro building. Creamos became an independently recognized Guatemalan NGO for their Guatemala-based operations at the end of 2014, while continuing US operations under Safe Passage.
In the Adult Education Program, nearly 70 adult students participate in daily reading and writing exercises, tutoring, and computer literacy training to prepare them for graduation.
Our social entrepreneurship program took root in 2008, when mothers in our adult education program began making recycled paper beads. Those beads were the seeds that grew into Creamos, a group of 140 moms transforming discarded plastic bags into handbags and totes, and discarded paper into jewelry. These women transform the trash of the dump into an honest living wage, business experience, self-esteem, and respect.