Posted in Atlantida on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Atlántida has one main highway that is the primary transportation and economic corridor along the north coast; this highway runs from east to west and transects the entire length of the department. South of the highway, after the piñeras (pineapple plantations) and African palm plantations, the land climbs up into the mountains that run like [...]
Posted in Reflections on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
My visits a couple weeks ago to Garifuna communities where Adelante works got me thinking about the global food crisis, and so I wrote a blog the struggles of local women to make ends meet nested within these global challenges. Since then, it seems I’m seeing news stories about the global food crisis everywhere. Several [...]
Posted in Reflections on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Last week some representatives of an organization that financially supports Adelante came for a visit, and I went with them to talk to some Adelante participants in Colon, the department east of Atlantida. The Adelante office in Tocoa, 200 km east of La Ceiba, attends to these Asambleas, which were located another two hours outside [...]
Posted in Asambleas, Colon, Education, People on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Two weeks ago I went on a trip to visit the Tocoa office of Adelante; located in the department east of Atlántida, the town of Tocoa is about 200 km from La Ceiba. I spent the day clinging to the back of one of the credit officer’s motorbikes, visiting Asambleas. I got a chance to [...]
Posted in Reflections on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
A frequent question in Honduras (and back home in Canada too) when you first meet someone, especially in a work-related context, is “Cual es su carrera?”, or “What is your career?” I am envious of people who can answer this question simply and clearly, and I have noticed this is the case for many professionals [...]
Posted in People on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last week when I went to visit Tocoa (about 2 hours east of La Ceiba), I met Elvia and Elida Peraza, two sisters in an Adelante Asamblea in the rural areas around Tocoa. I chatted with them, both eager to tell me about their work and activities, and share the stories of their loans with [...]
Posted in Education on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
The most visible component of the work that the Fundacion Adelante does in Honduras is the small loans it provides in rural communities throughout the country. However Adelante ties an education program to its microfinance opportunities; in fact, the organization’s tag-line is “Microfinance, Education, Opportunity.”
Adelante’s educational program has developed over 60 different charlas in [...]
