On Saturday June 4th, 2016 Mujeres Unidas celebrated Mother’s Day with music and bizcocho in front of Pica and Fany’s colmado in Los Platanitos. This was also graduation day for the 20 members of Mujeres Unidas who had completed a three-month training course on household cleaner production (“Curso de Producción de Detergentes”).
Coordinated by CIAMF member Margarita Pinales and taught by Juana Milqueya Matos, the course has enabled Mujeres Unidas to produce household cleaners under their own label. The women sell the cleaning products sold door-to-door in Los Platanitos and neighboring communities, providing a new source of income for their families.