Always stay protected while working in the kitchen with this oven mitt, handmade by artisans at FMSC MarketPlace partner, Believe Guatemala. The quality construction ensures your hands stay protected from a hot oven or grill, as well as while holding heated pots or pans. Featuring bright colors and fun designs, they're sure to bring appeal to your kitchen decor. A great gift for the baker, cook, or grillmaster in your life!

FMSC food partner Buckner International started Manos Esforzadas after realizing that there are so many Dominican women who struggle every day to raise their families and to find a successful form of employment. Many of the women of Manos Esforzadas sold empanadas in their community, offered upholstery services or Christmas decorations to their neighbors, but many times the empanadas were not sold, their neighbors were not interested in the upholstery or paid very little for the Christmas decorations that had taken so long to craft.

Manos Esforzadas began with just one woman, teaching her the techniques and the correct way to design a quality product. It has been a long, learning process since then, but today the program employs nine women as part of the project and they dream of seeing more and more women involved every day. Each artisan is paid a fair wage that enables them to provide for their families.

Manos Esforzadas aims to renew themselves every day, thinking of new products that support these beautiful women.