Last updated April 25, 2013 Partner Description: Fundación Alternativa is a non-profit organization in Ecuador that supports small-scale entrepreneurs and provides sustainable financial and non-financial services to vulnerable communities. The organization aims to promote social, economic, and ecological development to improve people’s lives. To make this possible, Fundación Alternativa has developed a number of programs for low-income clients. In addition to microcredit, it provides education and training in various fields, technical assistance, supply chain and marketing support, and local economic development services. It does so through local organizations with community roots like parish councils. Since 1991, Fundación Alternativa has worked to strengthen Ecuador’s microfinance industry through the creation of both Banco Solidario, which focuses on microfinance, and later, the first training center specializing in microcredit methodology. In 2012, Fundación Alternativa created a microfinance program of its own to offer 12 microcredit products and reach urban, rural and marginalized clients in Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Cotopaxi and Imbabura. The organization is proud to serve a customer base that is both 62% women and 56% rural.
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