Creamos

Creamos was founded as a social entrepreneurship initiative aimed to offer safe and dignified income-generating opportunities for the mothers of the children within Safe Passage, Creamos’ parent NGO. Safe Passage was founded in 1999 with the aim of helping children break the cycle of poverty through education, life skills and perseverance in the community surrounding the Guatemala City garbage dump. With a 19-year history of operating within this community, Safe Passage has generated strong community ties in addition to an extensive network of youth and families involved in the program which has been instrumental in Creamos’ success. Throughout the years, the need for safer and more sustainable employment for the parents of the Safe Passage children became apparent to disrupt the cycle of poverty within the community.