Hilo Sagrado is a foundation working to enhance and preserve the culture and tradition of indigenous people in Colombia by creating a sustainble social business where women are enabled to produce hand made products based on their traditional practicies. They are also supported in marketing and selling their products, which contributes to generate their own resources. Aside from providing an income for the women, profits are fedback into the community and the school (where 200 children from different ethnic groups attend).

Objectives of the foundation:
- Designing and implementing programs to improve the quality of life of indigenous communities, respecting their autonomy and cultural heritage.
- Conservation and enhancement of traditional textile handicraft.
- Development of skills to respond to new demands of the market.
- Acquisition and strengthening of identity and social role of women.
- Supporting education within indigenous communities.

We achieve these objectives by supporting women artisans to:
- Recover ancient ancestral practices through weaving and artisan work.
- Develop new lines of products in line with traditional culture.
- Partner with companies, designers and stylists who want to produce responsible products.
- Have Access to affordable high quality material to develop their products.
- Build a network between women to learn from one another and transmit their cultural practices.

The direct beneficiares are indigneous women living in a state of poverty. The indirect beneficiares are the indigenous community especially children. For the indigenous Way?u people in Colombia, knowing how to weave is a symbol of creativity, intelligence and wisdom, a practice that is past on from one generation to the next. Women learn how to make bags (called Susu in the Wayunaiki language) during puberty, during what Way?u people refer to as "Blanqueo". During this time, women can only be around their female relatives who teach them all the duties and social behavior that a Way?u woman must posses. For the most part, the designs are patterns of geometrical shapes. Each bag is made by one woman; therefore each design is one of a kind. Weaving these bags is arduous work and takes between 20 to 30 days per bag. As their legend says the women were created from a spider and they use just their hands to interweave their products as a spider. They do not use a loom, as it is not part of their tradition.