The Adelante Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps the poor to help themselves by offering
short-term loans to women providing them with the capital needed to start their own small business
ventures. These are small businesses that generally involve selling items such as clothes, toiletries and
food, or offering services such as washing clothes and working as seamstresses. The women are also
provided with educational workshops to help them develop basic business skills.
Adelante was created in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch, one of the most powerful
hurricanes to ever hit Central America. Causing over 7000 deaths, destroying 80% of agriculture, and
leaving nearly 20% of the population homeless, Hurricane Mitch decimated what little capital and material
resources rural towns had. In rural areas where Adelante works, sixty one percent of families live in
extreme poverty surviving on less than $1 a day. By providing women with the capital needed to start their
own business ventures, our support helps these women to provide for themselves and their families.
Planeterra Donation
2007: $1,000 – provided funds for 20 women to start their own businesses.
To date Planeterra has provided funding for 63 women to start businesses. By empowering women with the skills and capital to start their own businesses, we are giving these women an opportunity to provide for their families and to end the cycle of poverty. Each donation of just $50 is enough to provide one first time loan and can change a woman’s life forever.
Testimonial: "I am very happy because before Adelante I was very poor. My house used
to be made of straw. Now with my earnings I’ve built a house of cement. I’ve bought some
furniture and a stove. I have no doubt that I’ll always continue working" Vilma Caridad
For more information about The Adelante Foundation, please visit their website here
To help support this project please donate now
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