Our Circle Mission
"Empowering Guatemalan Women - Eliminating Poverty"
The Oconomowoc Circle of Friendship Bridge strives to bring about positive change within one of the poorest Central American countries. Members of our local non-profit organization bond with one another while focusing on our mission to provide microcredit and education to impoverished women of Guatemala - most of whom are preliterate. We strive to be a Circle of friends from another country who can provide a lifeline "bridge" to solutions to poverty.
Friendship Bridge members make and sell a variety of recycled wool products, including our ever-popular swittens, to help raise funds for the Friendship Bridge Microcredit Plus program. The Oconomowoc Circle's monthly switten cutting sessions are coupled with educational and social outings that focus on women’s empowerment and sustainability.
Many women from the Oconomowoc Circle have traveled to Guatemala on an Insight Trip to see how their work here in Wisconsin has empowered women in Guatemala to overcome poverty and build a sustainable future for themselves, their families and their communities. These Oconomowoc women never fail to return to Wisconsin with a renewed commitment to Friendship Bridge and their Circle mission.
Friendship Bridge members make and sell a variety of recycled wool products, including our ever-popular swittens, to help raise funds for the Friendship Bridge Microcredit Plus program. The Oconomowoc Circle's monthly switten cutting sessions are coupled with educational and social outings that focus on women’s empowerment and sustainability.
Many women from the Oconomowoc Circle have traveled to Guatemala on an Insight Trip to see how their work here in Wisconsin has empowered women in Guatemala to overcome poverty and build a sustainable future for themselves, their families and their communities. These Oconomowoc women never fail to return to Wisconsin with a renewed commitment to Friendship Bridge and their Circle mission.
Meet some of the recipients of the Friendship Bridge
microloan/education program
in the slide show below.
microloan/education program
in the slide show below.
