Mujeres Unidas Y Activas/ Caring Hands Workers’ Association

Specialties

Service available in San Francisco and the East Bay.

For a referral or more information visit us at:

www​.car​ing​hands​ba​yarea​.org,

call 415−626−2128 Ext. 305 or email Mariane@​mujeresunidas.​net.

The Caring Hands (Manos Cariñosas) project of Mujeres Unidas y Activas, a Latina immigrant women’s group, is a professional home health care, child care or housecleaning referral service.

We are a grassroots project promoting job opportunities for Latina women. We do not charge for referrals or receive commission from worker’s wages. If you are searching for.

— a special person to care for your ill or disabled family member,

— caring, reliable, dependable and multi-​cultural/​bilingual childcare or,

— professional housecleaning at an affordable rate,

you can be confident that our members have all completed rigorous training programs in quality home health care, child care and housecleaning services.

History

Established in 1990.

Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) is a grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a dual mission of personal transformation and community power. Creating an environment of understanding and confidentiality, MUA educates our members through mutual support and training to be leaders in their lives and community.

In 1994, MUA members raised the need for a new program to complement the organization’s existing initiatives. Members explained that while MUA had empowered them to become community leaders and provided them with advocacy skills for themselves and their families, they needed employment skills training and workforce opportunities that would enable them to build their families’ economic security.

With this need in mind, MUA developed the Caring Hands Workers’ Association. Through Caring Hands, MUA members receive job training and placement as well as act collectively to help Latina immigrants achieve dignified and just employment.