OUR COLLECTION — LATIN AMERICA — HONDURAS 438. PAINTED NATIVITY
This painted Nativity is made from wood pieces cut and sanded by teenage boys. A woman named Luz in the boys’ village buys their wood pieces and paints and decorates them to make the finished figures. The set contains Mary holding baby Jesus, Joseph, an angel, and three wise men with gifts. The figures stand 4.5 inches tall.
The wood pieces were cut by a group of young men in the village of Guadalupe Carney, Honduras. These youth only have school for half the day, so they have extra time to learn skills useful for earning income. While many local villages have gang problems because young men have too much idle time, Guadalupe Carney is trying to prevent that problem before it happens by setting up a woodworking shop with classes for the young men in learning to use all the machines in the shop. The tools in the shop were donated by World Nativity.
The youth have completed some impressive woodworking projects, including a church bench they made for the village Catholic church.
The wood pieces were cut by a group of young men in the village of Guadalupe Carney, Honduras. These youth only have school for half the day, so they have extra time to learn skills useful for earning income. While many local villages have gang problems because young men have too much idle time, Guadalupe Carney is trying to prevent that problem before it happens by setting up a woodworking shop with classes for the young men in learning to use all the machines in the shop. The tools in the shop were donated by World Nativity.
The youth have completed some impressive woodworking projects, including a church bench they made for the village Catholic church.
