Special news featuring Friendship Bridge, microfinance, international development, and Guatemala.

In the News

2025 Media Coverage

• Together Women Rise Marketplace, Together Women Rise, November 2025

• Pretty, Practical, and Under the Tree: Holiday Gifts for Her, Consumer Queen, November 28, 2025

• The Ultimate Holiday Gift List for Writers, BuildBookBuzz, November 26, 2025

• Meet Nicole Eubanks of Lakewood, Voyager Denver, November 20, 2025

• Fair Trade Federation Holiday Gift Guide, Fair Trade Federation, November 18, 2025

• Adventurer Gift Ideas for Christmas, My Four and More, November 2025

• 2025 Stocking Stuffer Gifts for Mom, My Four and More, November 2025

• Shout Out to Friendship Bridge and Convivio Cafe: 9News Culture Report (12:00-minute mark), November 6, 2025

• United Way Guatemala Joined forces in Earthquake Relief Efforts, United Way blog, October 2025

• On IWD and Beyond, Support Women-Focused Charities and their Impactful Work, International Women’s Day blog, September 2025

• Women in Guatemala Building Better Lives through Friendship Bridge, Adrian Dominican Sisters, August 2025

• All Aboard the Stewardship: A Talk Show with Josh Kligman, Storyraise, April 25, 2025

• Fair Trade Federation certifies Friendship Bridge Handicraft Program, News In America, March 19, 2025

• Friendship Bridge charity in Guatemala helps Accelerate Action for women to build a better life, International Women’s Day blog, March 2, 2025

• Friendship Bridge and Rotary Club of Novato Help Guatemalan Newborns, Pacific Sun, January 28, 2025

• Novato Residents Provide Handmade Newborn Hats to NICU Babies in Guatemala, Novato Patch Media, January 21, 2025

2024 Media Coverage

• King International Development Association (KIDA) Global Development Catalog, December 2024

• Weaving Stories Across Borders: The Traveling Huipil Exhibit at IFAM – International Folk Art Market blog, Dec 6, 2024

• Friendship Bridge hosts Posada at its Lakewood Office – Univision, Dec 5, 2024

• Enter to Win! Find Unique Handmade Gifts at Friendship Bridge – Macaroni KID Lakewood-Littleton, Nov 30, 2024

• A Note From Your Publisher: The one about Friendship Bridge – Macaroni KID Lakewood-Littleton, Nov 30, 2024

• Buy and Create Art that Makes an Impact at IFAM – Santa Fe New Mexican, Nov 29, 2024

• Friendship Bridge: Supporting Indigenous Women in Guatemala – Borgen Magazine, October 11, 2024

• Best of Back-to-School Products Guide 2024 – The Maria Liberati Show, September 18, 2024

Meet 5 Organizations making an Impact Through the Global Health Innovation Grants Program – Innovations in Healthcare blog, August 20, 2024

• Colorado Mom Works to Tackle Root Causes of Immigration – Mile High Mamas, August 19, 2024

Innovator News: Friendship Bridge – Innovations in Healthcare Network Newsletter, July 2024

Colorado & Me: Friendship Bridge – MeTV Denver, July 2024

• The longer term impact of fixed-life foundations — Stanford Social Impact Review, Summer 2024

• Friendship Bridge: Building the Future of Finance for Women in Guatemala – The Giving List Women (printed and digital book), May 2024

• Creative Ways to Surprise Mom on Mother’s Day – My Four and More Blog, April 30, 2024

• Cello concert benefits impoverished Guatemalan women – Your Hub/Denver Post, April 30, 2024

• Guatemala becoming tourism hot spot for young travelers – The Denver Post, April 28, 2024

• Together Women Rise Marketplace – Together Women Rise, April 2024

• Pathways of her Heart: Nicole Eubanks – Castle Pines Connection, March 27, 2024

• How Denver Nonprofits are Trying to Stem the Migrant Crisis (reprint) – Killeen Daily Herald (Texas), March 25, 2024

• How Denver Nonprofits are Trying to Stem the Migrant Crisis, by Reducing Poverty, Creating Stability in Guatemala – The Denver Post, March 24, 2024

• Artisans from Handmade by Friendship Bridge® Program Participate in New World Crafts Fair – CRN Noticias, March 12, 2024

• WARP Members Contribute to Colorado Museum Exhibit (page 10) – Weave a Real Peace (WARP) Newsletter, March 2024

• CBS Colorado Week of Women – March 2024

• Colorado Nonprofit Seeks to End Poverty for Women in Guatemala – Evergreen Living magazine, February 2024

• Meet Tracie Cordeiro – Bold Journey, January 26, 2024

• Huipiles of Guatemala, Heritage and Tradition – Greeley Tribune, January 18, 2024

• Huipiles of Guatemala, Heritage and Tradition at the Global Village Museum (p. 7) – Handweavers Guild of Boulder newsletter, January 2024

• Friendship Bridge: Impacting the Lives of Guatemalan Women – Applewood Living magazine, January 2024

2023 Media Coverage

• Lessons and Best Practices from the European Microfinance Award 2023 (p. 34) – November 2023

Gift Guide: 11 Gifts from Indigenous and LATAM-owned Brands for the Holidays — HipLatina, November 14, 2023

Exquisite Huipiles Exhibited at the Global Village Museum — NOCO Style, November 10, 2023

Meet the Guatemalan Artisans that you can Support at Hijos del Sol — Latino Cultural Arts Center, October 26, 2023

• Support Healthy Living with These 15 Great Lifestyle Products this Fall — Daily Mom, September 27, 2023

• Breaking the Cycle of Generational Poverty in Guatemala through Microfinance — Forbes, September 15, 2023

• Meet Nicole Eubanks – Canvas Rebel, August 31 2023

• Kiva and Friendship Bridge: Improving Gender Equality through Financial Inclusion and Impact-Driven Partnership, Kiva, August 23, 2023

• The Worldview of the Indigenous Maya on Display through WARP – Weave a Real Peace (WARP) Newsletter, August 2023

• Ways to Build Gender Equity at Work – Women Thrive magazine, August 2023

• Threads of Connection: Recent Fiber Works Exhibit by Members of Weave a Real Peace Opens — Kent State University, May 19, 2023

• Out with the Old, In with the New: Replacing Kitchen Items (and 4 more spring gift guides) — My Four and More, March 15-29, 2023

• Lakewood-based nonprofit empowers and encourages women thousands of miles away – Next with Kyle Clark, March 16, 2023

• International Women’s Day celebration held in Denver, KDVR Fox31 News, March 8, 2023

• WorldDenver International Women’s Day honors champions for Indigenous women – CBS Colorado, March 8, 2023

• Traveling Abroad: Bought Beautifully staff, volunteers visit Guatemalan artisans – The Sheridan Press, March 4, 2023

• Interview with Marta Julia Ixtuc Cuc – Desde la cima podcast with host Rocío Durán, March 1, 2023

• In northwest Denver, a Guatemalan-inspired café is becoming a Latino community hub – The Denver Post, January 14, 2023

2022 Media Coverage

• Meet Constancia Leshin – CanvasRebel.com, November 17, 2022

• Best Colorado Companies and Startups – BestStartup.us, November 7, 2022

• Guatemalan-inspired, bilingual café opens in Denver – 9News, November 2, 2022

• Coloring the World and Supporting Entrepreneurs – LIM College blog, November 2022

• Meet Maya Colop-Morales – Canvas Rebel, October 18, 2022

• Meet Ardis Strieby, volunteer member of the Evergreen Friendship Circle – Shoutout Colorado, October 18, 2022

• Lakewood Nonprofit Friendship Bridge helps thousands of Guatemalan Women – Denver7  News (ABC), October 14, 2022

• Lakewood Nonprofit Selling Artisan Goods to Coloradans Lifts up Rural Guatemalan Women – The Denver Post, October 3, 2022

• Financial Support for Guatemalan Mothers (page 11) – Colorado Parent magazine, October/November 2022 issue

• Meet Nicole Eubanks – Shoutout Colorado, August 23, 2022

• Local Nonprofit Changing Lives of Women Thousands of Miles from Lakewood – Jeffco Transcript, August 11, 2022

• Local Nonprofit Changing Lives of Women Thousands of Miles from Lakewood – Englewood Herald, August 8, 2022

• Local Nonprofit Sells Guatemalan Handicrafts To Empower Women Entrepreneurs – Empresaris, August 2, 2022

• Local Nonprofit Sells Guatemalan Artisan Goods to Empower Women Entrepreneurs – YourHub/Denver Post, August 1, 2022

• This Nonprofit Helps Indigenous Guatemalan Entrepreneurs Build a Better Life Through Microfinance, Education –We Are Mitú, July 22, 2022

• Boulder JCC Presents “Investing in Women and Girls for a Better Future” – Boulder Jewish News, May 2022

• How Friendship Bridge Helps Empower Women and Eliminate Poverty – Eide Bailly, March 2022

• Friendship Bridge Awarded for Creative and Sustainable Revenue Initiatives – Eide Bailly, February 2022

2015-2021 Media Coverage

• How Friendship Bridge Supports Guatemalan Women – BORGEN Magazine, Oct. 25, 2021
• Swittens sold by Friendship Bridge Volunteers: Bernie Sanders Mittens – FOX31 Colorado’s Own News, Jan. 27, 2021
• Mildred Chas: Whole Planet Foundation Award – Guatemala.com, September 16, 2020
• Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala – Rick Steves Europe, February 1, 2020
• Watch Microlending in Action at a Guatemalan Beading Business – Rick Steves Europe, November 13, 2018
• 5 Organizations Helping Women Entrepreneurs Around the World – Small Business Trends, October 4, 2018
• In the Most Isolated Areas of Latin America, Microcredits are Saving the Lives of Indigenous Women – Univision, March 26, 2018
• 15 Organizations Helping Women Around the World – Mental Floss, March 7, 2018
• The Guatemalan PPI – A Retrospective of 5 Years of Use at Friendship Bridge – Friendship Bridge and Innovations in Poverty Action. December 16, 2016
• When Dreamers become Leaders: Understanding a spectrum of needs among women entrepreneurs in Guatemala (full report) – Friendship Bridge and Freedom from Hunger, 2016
• Boulder Nonprofit, Guatemala Artisans Share Common Thread – Boulder Daily Camera, January 10, 2016
• Family Photos and Mass Graves Reveal Horrors of Guatemala’s Civil War – National Geographic, 2015

Press Releases

Books

• Banker to the Poor: Micro-lending and the Battle Against World Poverty – Muhammad Yunus Aurum Press, 1998
• Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism – Muhammad Yunus Public Affairs, 2007
• Development as Freedom – Amartya Sen Knopf, 1999
• The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for our Time – Jeffrey Sachs Penguin Press, 2005
• The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits, C. K. Prahala Wharton School Publishing, 2004
• Half the Sky: Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide – Nicolas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Knopf, 2009
• The Microfinance Revolution: Sustainable Finance for the Poor – Marguerite Robinson World Bank Publications, 2001
• The Miracles of Barefoot Capitalism: A Compelling Case for Microcredit – Jim Klobuchar and Susan Cornell Wilkes Kirk House Publishers, 2003
• Pathways Out of Poverty: Innovations in Microfinance for the Poorest Families, ed. – Sam Daly-Harris Kumarian Press, 2002
• Price of a Dream: the Story of the Grameen Bank and the Idea that is Helping the Poor to Change their Lives – David Bornstein Simon & Schuster, 1996
• Women at the Center: Grameen Borrowers After One Decade – Helen Todd University Press Ltd, 1996

Books for Sale

We highly recommend the following books, which are written by friends and supporters of Friendship Bridge. You can read summaries of the books and purchase them at our online store.

• Traditional Weavers of Guatemala:  Their Stories, Their Lives – Deborah Chandler and Teresa Cordón
• Doing Good…Says Who? – Connie Newton and Fran Early
• Los Coyotes Tienen Suerte – Robert Hinshaw
• My Lake at the Center of the World – Robert Hinshaw
• The Rape of Hope – Robert Hinshaw