A marketplace for traditional artisans

In some communities in Panama, 9 out of 10 people live on less than a dollar a day. Maria Barsallo '07, whose roots are in Panama, saw that artisans in those communities were producing beautiful, handmade items; the problem was their only customers were people who happened to come to the village and stop at the residents' huts. So Barsallo started DESDE to give artisans in marginalized communities access to a local and international marketplace.