Community Development. Care Givers. Gospel
Once a year we organize our Microfinance (MF) retreat, an excellent opportunity to spend time with our associates and invest in their development, both from a physical and spiritual perspective. This time we wanted to share about how to bring order into our lives, and we invited two well-known community leaders. Ivelisse Barbosa, wife of …
As soon as Clairy’s mom walked out the door for work, she and her friend would pull out their secret stash of makeup. They would take turns painting each other up while her mom worked. Clairy was 10 and her mother didn’t permit her to use makeup, but she and her friend made sure it …
Jose sits back in an Adirondack chair he made himself. His eyes shine brightly and his contagious smile lights up the dimly lit wood shop where we sit. Jose tells us of his 11 years’ experience working as a machine operator in a factory in a nearby town. The factory closed, and like many, he …
The story of most of our associates is similar in the sense that they share the same culture, but their social and family structures are also very similar. Those same social structures sometimes make it difficult for businesses to last over time, and this is the reason why our associates tend to have an extended …
Most of the countries celebrate mothers’ day in May. The Dominican Republic is not an exception. 95% of our associates are women, and a large portion of them are mothers too, so we organize a celebration around this important festivity every year to celebrate the role that women and mothers play in our society. In …
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