Grace & Fire: Where Grace Meets Fire
on September 22, 2025

Grace & Fire: Where Grace Meets Fire

Grace & Fire: Where Grace Meets Fire

The first time I traveled to Guatemala, it was to pick up an order of leather bags from Silvia and Ester—Grace & Fire’s very first makers. What I found there embodied the truest meaning of our name: Grace & Fire.

I watched women cut firewood with machetes, babies tied to their backs. They bundled branches with string, balanced them on top of their heads, and carried them home to cook meals for their families.

In Guatemala, 70% of children suffer from malnutrition, and nearly half of all recorded child deaths are linked to it. In some villages, families wait to name their babies until they reach their first birthday—because survival is uncertain. These numbers are difficult to track exactly, since births aren’t always recorded, but the reality is clear and heartbreaking.

I cannot count the times I’ve cried at the thought of mothers—strong, resilient, courageous women—longing for the dignity of feeding their children through their own work.

For decades, the villages have endured devastating realities, only worsened by COVID. These mothers have faced losses that no one should ever have to bear. Yet in the face of unreasonable circumstances, they carry on with extraordinary strength.

At Grace & Fire, our mission is to support these women through fair-trade work they can count on. In partnership with Casa Tabito Clinic, we focus on families we know already have access to clean water, safe housing, and food distribution programs. With these foundations in place, our hope is to create long-term pathways out of extreme poverty by providing sustainable income and opportunity.

This promise to these mothers and their children is not one we take lightly. It’s more than a dream—it’s their livelihood, their future.

We invite you to come alongside us in this journey. Together, we can build a sustainable future for women who are not so different from ourselves—women who, by circumstance of geography, were born into harder stories but deserve the same dignity, pride, and opportunity. 

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