For over ten years, Huertomanías has been a place where people with lived experience of mental health challenges grow community, purpose, and the freedom to shape their own lives.
In Ecuador, people with lived experience of mental health challenges are pushed out of the workforce by stigma and fear.
We’re labeled as dangerous or incapable, stripped of our right to work, to choose, and to live with autonomy.
We’re Ecuador’s first worker-owned social enterprise led by people with lived experience of severe mental health challenges.
We prove that mental health flourishes through opportunity, employment, participation, and community support.
Every contribution grows into autonomy, dignity, and social value.
years turning stigma
into opportunit
partner universities
and companies
people reached through community
mental health workshops
handcrafted
products made
“We must move from the pessimism of reason to the optimism of practice.”
-Franco Basaglia
Contact:
huertomanias@gmail.com
+593 99 810 1095
@huertomanias
Photography:
Karen Toro, Elizabeth Daziel, Sebastián Trujillo
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