 With only a dollar a day, you can have a direct impact on a family's life. Be the change you wish to see in the world and donate. |
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HAITI
Want to know what you can do about the EARTHQUAKE in HAITI? We are sure that our fellow Grameen Foundation partner, Fonkoze, in Haiti, will have new financing needs arising from this catastrophe, and we are urging everyone to make an additional donation to their "Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation Fund" today.
Please check out their website as well: www.fonkoze.org and keep all of Haiti in your thoughts and prayers. |
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Microfinance and the Adelante Foundation Mission
"Adelante"
in English means "forward" or "progress." Our mission is to improve
the standard of living of the extreme poor in Honduras. To do that, we
provide very poor women in rural Honduras the opportunity they so
desperately seek-to build a better life for themselves and their
families-through a lending model called microfinance.
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WE DID IT!
That's right, the Adelante community blew right past our goal of $50,000 and made this our most successful Holiday campaign ever! We raised ......ready for this.....$63,870 which included a $25,000 match from a very generous donor . That means your donation was doubled this year.
Things are looking good and we are excited to be entering into our 10th year of providing small loans to women in rural Honduras. Be proud to be a part of Adelante, we have
disbursed almost 60,000 loans to over 33,000 women. This totals more than 4 million dollars invested in people at the lowest economic levels. And it works! |
Food Insecurity in Honduras
by Sophia Anderson
Happy New Year to all our friends and supporters! We appreciate your generous contributions in response to our outreach letter last year. Looking ahead to 2010, we pledge to make the most of your contributions in our struggle to improve the standard of living of the poorest Honduran women and their families. Unfortunately, food security, perhaps the most important indicator of standard of living, remains out of reach for a substantial number of Honduran families - a fact that keeps us striving to reach an increasing number of clients.
According to the United Nations World Food Program, Honduras ranks fourth in terms of food insecurity among twenty-eight Latin American and Caribbean nations.[1] Pregnant and lactating women and children under five years of age are the most at risk. Currently, over one million people in Honduras are suffering from food insecurity[2] and 53.4% of the rural population is living in extreme poverty1.
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Nolvia Castro
by Desirae Wrathall
 Just outside the city of Yoro, in the quiet neighborhood of 1 de Mayo, lives thirty-year-old Nolvia Castro. She and her husband, Elmer have been married for ten years and have a nine-year-old son. For seven years now, they have owned and operated a pulperia (small corner store) from their home. Nolvia and Elmer are a delightful couple who enjoy working together. In addition to running the pulperia, they also lease a parcel of land from Elmer's father which they use to grow corn. Side-by-side, they work the fertile land and then sell their harvest in their store.
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Photograph of the Month
Overlooking a house in the village of Nuevo San Antonio, Choluteca.
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