Rural communities reaching global markets
Wakami is a social brand that designs handmade fashion accessories inspired by ancestral culture and weaving techniques from Central America. Our brand represents a rustic urban lifestyle that connects people with people, the earth, and the joys in life.
We work with artisans in disconnected rural communities (of which 95% are women) and connect them with urban markets around the world. Wakami products are what we call, messengers of connection between the people that make them and the people that buy them. They enrich the lives of the people that buy them and change the lives of people that produce them. Artisans become leaders of self-empowerment that act as catalysts for change in their communities.