Hello DHF Family,
This is an exciting time for all of us
here in Peru and back in the United States. With so many new and motivating
things occurring right here, right now, I think it’s only fair to rewind and
reflect on our amazing accomplishments in 2012. With that said, I am excited to
announce that our 2012 DHF ANNUAL REPORT is ready for
review! As you peruse the report, please realize that this document is a living
testament of our incredible labor of love due in part to your generous time,
talent, donations, and unwavering commitment to bring opportunities of
abundance to the women of Cajamarca.
Since 2008, we’ve provided more than
1,200 loans and funded over 2,400 development trainings related to business
assistance, literacy, computer skills, family wellness, culinary, and
artisanship. Some of the 2012 highlights
include:
510
ADDITIONAL LOANS BORROWED – 30% increase over prior year
$65
AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS PER CYCLE – 71% increase over prior year
942
TRAININGS OFFERED – a 20% increase over prior year
$11,886
IN REPORTED EARNINGS FROM TRAININGS –163% increase over prior year
100% LOAN PAYBACK –
maintained since 2008
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| Visit to Village Bak "Friends Forever" with Maggie, Des, and Hector |
The past month has also brought us plenty of insight
about the direction of our village banking project here in Cajamarca. Our
vision has always been centered on building a path to sustainability in which
our partner, MULTICREDIT, has both the knowledge and the autonomy to run a
local project incorporating our unique MicrocreditPLUS Model. During Maggie and
Hector´s 10 day visit in April we spent a majority of our time in the field
visiting village banks and in the office developing a roadmap for success that will
allow us to slowly transition over project power to our partner and ensure that
the HopeHouse, our educational center, maintains a long-term local presence in
Peru for years to come.
As a part of this plan, a decision was made to bring
in additional support in the form of two new local positions held by two of the
strongest, most inspiring Cajamarcan women I know: Sarela Tirado Vasquez, our
new HopeHouse Administrative Assistant and Rosario "Charo" Yupanqui
Linares, our new Community Education Coordinator. This decision moves us two
steps further to fulfilling our goal of giving total power to the local
community. Both women started out as active village bank members serving on their
bank´s internal committees as both president and treasurer. Now they are our
newest addition to the project helping me identify new instructors, affordable
materials, new class ideas, and new markets for our loan recipient´s products
and services. With their help this year we are going to revamp our class
line-up incorporating new themes like nutrition, leadership, technology, parenting,
and business assistance.
So as we begin this exciting new chapter I invite you
all to get on board and witness HOPE in action.
Best,
http://www.lendhope.org/what-we-do/2012-annual-report
