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Adelante Welcomes New Regional Director - René Licona

On June 9th Adelante Foundation was pleased to welcome its new regional director, René Licona. René comes to Adelante with eleven years of microfinance experience in Honduras. Working for such organizations as FUNED (Foundation for the Development of Honduras) and CARE International, René estimates he has logged about 125,000 miles traveling through every department in Honduras, except Gracias a Dios (the wild Mosquito Coast) and the Bay Islands, to create and supervise micro credit projects.

When asked what he likes so far about working at Adelante, René responds that he enjoys the friendly work environment and is impressed by Adelante's education department. Business training was offered to clients in other organizations where he worked, but this is the first time he has seen an education department that offered topics of personal interest to the clients such as health and human rights. He feels this is a strength that Adelante should capitalize on in order to retain clients. The world of microfinance has become quite competitive and René would like to see us expand the services we offer in order to reinforce our clients' loyalty to Adelante.

Over the last month, René has been busy meeting with board and staff members as well as traveling across the country to visit Adelante's offices in such far away places as Choluteca (on Honduras' Pacific coast) and Intibuca (southwestern Honduras). The mood in the office since his arrival has been optimistic. We are glad to have René on board. Vamos Adelante!

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