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Dave Valle
We want to share with you an article written in The Christian Science Monitor about Esperanza International and Dave Valle.
Dave talks about how the idea of Esperanza International first started, while he was playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic, and how, over the past 18 years, Esperanza has provided $38 million in loans, helping thousands of families break the cycle of poverty.
PHOTO: Martha Pierre Encarnacion .
Monte Coca,
San Pedro de Macoris.
For five years, Martha has been running her business of preparing chicken, cooked plantains, fried potatoes and selling fresh fruit. She received her first loan of 5,000 Dominican pesos (about $130 USD) to invest full-time in her small restaurant.
Before acquiring loans from Esperanza, she would open her fritura only on the weekends. During the week she had to travel to the capital, Santo Domingo, approximately an hour and a half away from Monte Coca, to find work cleaning houses.
