| The CFH foundation employs local managers that coordinate young adult vocational training and educational needs with vocational and educational organizations. The local managers act as employment specialists, career counselors, and in some situations, small business advisors. Local managers facilitate applications to vocational organizations and schools, administer financial aid, and assist graduates with finding employment or starting their own businesses. Student loans are only provided to young adults who meet the CFH foundation's criteria.
Success Stories
PATRICIA PRIVADO DE CHAVEZ
 Patricia and her husband have 2 small children. Patricia was studying at the University of El Salvador in Business Administration. Nevertheless upon finishing the course it became more dificult to pay the expenses of the books, tuition, supplites, etc.
Patricia received a vocational loan from the Cause For Hope to finish her studies. Today she is studying post-graduate in Education and able to teach under government authority as a profesor.
With the training of CFH Patricia learned to develop habits that were of vital importance to prepare for acquire and maintain a job.
Now, Patricia teaches other professors in other schools of the country. She supports her household not just by her income but also by principles of self-reliance that she has learned.
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Name: Melvin D. Flores
Chaparrastique, San Miguel-El Salvador
Help received: I used to have a part time job making $150 a month and I had no savings. Cause For Hope helped me learn how to make bags. I attended the different workshops they offer. I still have my part-time job, plus my own business of making bags.
Temporal Impact: Through the Foundation I was able to increase my income from $150 a month to over $350 a month, from $0 savings to $100 in savings.
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Name: Rolando Isaías Tiu
Cabañas, Choluteca-Honduras
Help received: I took a course to repair cell phones in the Cause for Hope Foundation Choluteca Office. I became a cell phone technician. I got a microcredit loan and bought a wood cart which became my establishment to repair cell phones.
Temporal Impact: I also sell cell phone accessories, hats, and DVDs. With the income of repairing cell phones and the CFH mentoring, I started another business of selling artificial flowers in another part of town, which is being managed by my wife. Before I was helped by CFH, my income was about $100 a month, right now we are making $381 a month.
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Name: Max Bravo
Managua, Nicaragua
Help received: Max finished the course of study for his Master's degree in International Business. He did not have enough money to get his diploma. He came to CFH to get a microloan of US$100.
Temporal Impact: The microloan, along with his own savings, enabled him to obtain his degree certification. He was able to go from part-time work to full-time with a substantial increase in his income. He says, "You cannot imagine how it has changed my life. Now that I have my degree, I have obtained work as a CPA for the 'Casa Pellas,' one of the largest companies in Nicaragua." |
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Name: INCATEC Vocational School
Choluteca, Honduras
Cause for Hope has supported many students at Incatec, a highly respected vocational school located in Choluteca, Honduras. This school has excellent programs in welding, refrigeration, appliance repair, computers, masonry, metalwork, electricity, and baking. All of these are skills for which jobs are available locally.
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Name: Carolina Vásquez de Pérez
City: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Help Received: Carolina husband’s job is not enough to meet the needs of the family. She wanted to earn some money to help with family budget. She has participated in workshops such as TAE (Self-Employment) and the 5ps (Five Steps to Success). CFH also helped her with a vocational loan to become a Cosmetologist at the technical school INTECAP.
Temporal Impact:
She graduated as a Cosmetologist and has her own small Beauty Salon; it is located in a strategic point of the city in her home.
Before CFH assistance, she had no income or savings. Now she makes $100 a month and has $20 in savings. |
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Name: Eira Zamira Quan
City: Mazatenango, Guatemala
Help Received:
When Eira visited our office for the first time, she was unemployed, and trying to finish her senior year to graduate as a Speech Therapist. She enrolled in the Self-Employment Workshop, and received a vocational loan to finish her senior year. She learned to study & work at the same time, how to be a better worker, and principles of self-reliance.
Temporal Impact:
She had no income or savings. Now she makes $407 a month and has $155 in savings.
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Name: Ricardo Jose Lopez
Managua, Nicaragua
Help received: Eighteen months after returning from working in humanitarian services, Ricardo Jose Lopez still had not been able to obtain work. With a loan of US$121, Ricardo completed a drivers training course to obtain a drivers license.
Temporal Impact: Within 15 days after obtaining his driver license, he was employed at a paint store delivering paints and materials to clients. Right now he is helping his own family with their expenses. |
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Name: Gellsy Castano Sosa
Help Received:
Gellsy Castaño Sosa is 19 years old; The Foundation helped her with a vocational loan to study at the Academy of Commercial Sciences an Accounting Course. The duration of the course was 2 years. She also attended the Career Workshop TAL.
Temporal Impact:
She already finished the course. She learned a very important principle, which is to have the perseverance to accomplish what you set out to do. She is practicing what she learned and has done some accounting work for some businesses. Her parents fought hard to encourage her to finish her Systems Engineering career. She just began to generate income. Gellsy serves as a volunteer in the Cause for Hope Foundation Office in Masaya |
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Name: Eduardo Vanegas
City: León, Nicaragua
Help Received:
Eduardo Vanegas, was helped by the Foundation to study an Automotive Electrical Course at the Technical College La Salle, where he earned his diploma. In addition to this course, he was later trained in the business management course, TAE.
Temporal Impact:
He started his own business at home, selling chickens. He was also able to get a job in one of the largest companies in the city, ARNECOM, where he works as a security supervisor. He used to make an average $50 to $70 per month, with no savings. Now he makes $227 to $260 a month, and has $70 in savings. |
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Name: Rosa Isabel Cruz Murillo
City: Managua, Nicaragua
Help Received: Rosa Isabel Cruz Murillo, had no job, and had no opportunity to improve her academic studies. She learned about Cause For Hope Foundation’s assistance & programs. She was granted a micro-loan to attend a beauty school.
Temporal Impact:
When she started with the Foundation, she had neither savings nor income. She graduated as a Cosmetologist and now has her own Beauty Salon offering to her customers children's clothing and cosmetics. Her income now is $200.00 per month and savings are $160.00. She increased her income by 100%. Rosa can now help her husband financially. The whole family has benefited, their children can receive an education and have better living conditions. They are now self-reliant. |
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Name: Nahúm Enamorado
City: Comayagua, Honduras
Help Received:
I attended the motivational workshops, learned how to prepare a resume and was granted a micro-vocational loan to buy the necessary tools to present my final test-practice in an auto mechanic school.
Temporal Impact:
I passed the exam and graduated as an Auto Mechanic from ITAC Technical School. I have started to fix some cars with the tools I bought. I am making $254 a month and have $80 in savings. I know I will get more customers and become self-reliant. |
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