Can data help reduce poverty? The answer is yes, if we consider the experience of organizations such as BBVA Microfinance Foundation. At Oracle Day, a…
A craft to last for generations Coconut oil is very common in Latin America and in recent years, it has become popular in many countries around…
Highlights from the ‘SDGs & the role of financial inclusion: Women & Innovation’ special session at the UN “Financial inclusion is central if we are to meet the goals, targets and indicators of the SDGs”, stated Achim Steiner,…
Who’s who in the ‘SDGs and the role of financial inclusion” session The BBVA Microfinance Foundation and the Permanent Missions of Spain and Colombia to the United Nations, together with UN Women,…
World Teachers’ Day: Teachers of today, generations with a future “When one becomes a teacher for vocation, and teaches from the heart, even if he works for 100 years, the job…
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: The challenge of protecting origins According to the FAO, there are more than 370 million indigenous people in the world, distributed among 90 countries. Even…
Starting out when all you have is hope Tiodoro is the owner of a grocery store, in the Pintada de Coclé area. This entrepreneur is well known in…
Raspberries mean success Adriana and Francisco started with a small orchard and now they have four hectares where, as well as raspberries, they…
When saving becomes a safeguard for your health Silvia Gonzales just needed someone to reach her community, to look her in the eyes as they talked and, speaking…
Doctors, all thanks to gourds As a child, Delia learned the laborious, millenarian art of carving gourds by hand, using only a small chisel. Over…
“The people at Financiera Confianza are the best, they believed in me” In the Peruvian city of Pisac, Carlos Romero spends his days sowing corn and cattle farming. Although he has been…
The merit of being mistress of your own fate The first day that Brígida had to milk the twelve cows her husband had bought, she was exhausted by the…