President Luis Abinader and the first lady, Rachel Arbaje, spearheaded the delivery of the CABEI-SOLIDARIOS Awards to Microenterprise 2021, an event in which the Dominican Development Foundation (FDD), stood out as the entity microfinance with the largest number of award-winning clients.
From a total of 181 nominations made by 17 institutions in the sector, located in five countries in the Latin American region, the Jury Committee for these awards selected 18 winners in different categories, among which 6 microentrepreneurs from the FDD stand out.
Amelia Reyes Mora, president of the Dominican Development Foundation Together with the executive director, Mariano Frontera, they accompanied the winners during the award ceremony held in the Las Cariátides Hall of the National Palace.
Recognized Clients from the FDD were: Miguel Contreras Cruz, DENP Pisicultores, 1st. Agricultural Development Place. Zorimil Lagares, D´ Luz La Fibrera, 1st. Artisan Creativity Place. Josefina Mejía Gutiérrez, Nursery and Crafts Josefina, 2nd. Place Creatividad Artesanal, Keyla María López, DOMITED, 2do. Resilient category place. Ramón Mayi Botier, Cartonera Mayí, 2nd. Place Impact on the Environment and Arelis Santos de Bello, Le Couture Cake, 3rd. Family Microenterprise Place.
The awards CABEI-SOLIDARIOS, organized by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and Solidarios, Council of American Development Foundations, carry out a rigorous evaluation process to choose the winners, with which they seek to highlight the impact of entrepreneurship and microfinance on the financial inclusion of vulnerable people and on economic dynamics. of the countries of the Latin American region.
The event It was attended by Dante Mossi, executive president of CABEI, Juan Francisco Banegas, president of CABEI-Solidarios and the executive director for the Dominican Republic of CABEI, Hostos Rizik.
