What to know about this Lending Partner
Kiva conducts regular, ongoing monitoring of all Lending Partners, but only posts status updates here in response to relevant, major changes at the partner. Partner description: Based in Chiapas and founded in 2011, Avanza Sólido is a relatively young micro-finance institution. Their mission is to strengthen the economic independence of women and their families by providing financial products and wrap-around services that contribute to long-term community welfare. They provide individual and group loans, with a focus on women and rural populations. A unique lending approach: Avanza Sólido's winning formula is clear: appropriate/affordable credit + social programs = sustainable impact. In the competitive micro-finance market of Southern Mexico, Kiva funding helps Avanza Sólido to offer below market interest rates and a suite of non-financial services. These wrap-around services are grouped into 3 programatic areas: women's social and economic empowerment, health care (principally preventive and reproductive), and environment (for example, technologies/strategies to more efficiently use energy and water in businesses or households).