Women in these neighbourhoods often have not completed their junior high school education.(Secondaria) Many have one or two children before they are twenty years old, some have come from the mountains, others from a different city, many are survivors of family violence,  all are trapped in a cycle of poverty. At the same time, they all have talents, skills, strengths to offer to others. CIDC sponsors a Women's Circle twice weekly during the winter months, inviting women to gather for a hot meal lunch for them and their children in the daycare. After lunch, women from the community and volunteers from the US and Canada guide small groups learning sewing, baking, First Aid, holistic based massage, fine needlework, blanket making and anything else the women can offer to each other.