Adelina’s Story

Adelina is a 73-year-old entrepreneur and the proud owner of a bakery business that has sustained her for many decades. It has also lifted her spirits through many years of toil and hardship.

Adelina moved to El Porvenir, a suburb of the city of La Ceiba, after separating from her first husband. She was 30 years old and needed a job to move forward. Opportunities were bleak and so she decided to take the enormous risk of opening her corner store.

She remarried and had three children. The family sustained themselves by running the corner store, a business where she gathered most of her entrepreneurial experience. After her second husband passed away, Adelina started selling nacatamales, tamales, sweet tablets, and coconut bread. It was this business that allowed her to finish raising her children and has supported her into her 73 years of age.

She started working with Adelante with an L. 3,000 ($125) group loan for her bakery business between the years of 2002 and 2003. She has been with the foundation ever since, crediting the excellent treatment and options they have given her and her group members throughout the years as the main reason for her loyalty.

“I had a niece that was working with Adelante, but she moved to another bank because they were giving her more money. She regretted it from the start! The treatment just wasn’t the same.”

Adelina’s first individual loan was a home improvement loan of L. 10,000 ($416.67), which she used to improve the roof of her house. She has taken a series of loans to make various improvements to her house throughout the years.

As a senior citizen, Adelina is grateful that Adelante has allowed her to be independent and finish building her home.