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CEPRODEL

El Centro de Promoción del Desarrollo Local (CEPRODEL), founded in 1989, is a Nicaraguan non-profit, non-governmental organization. CEPRODEL’s objectives are: (1) to contribute to the transformation of families’ survival strategies from bare subsistence to a self-guided productive economy; (2) to support communities and poor families as they seek to improve their housing, social services, income and work opportunities; and (3) to promote self-respect and dignity among poor Nicaraguan families.

In 2001 they created three internal divisions to focus their work: 1) Bank for Local Development; 2) Housing and Technology and 3) Municipal Development. Their central offices are in the capital city of Managua and they have field offices in 21 communities in the Pacific zone of Nicaragua. CEPRODEL has 121 employees, and they work with around 10,000 borrowers. 60% of their borrowers are women, and 29% of their loans are in the rural sector.

SosteNica has worked with CEPRODEL since 2001 to provide microcredit and technical assistance to urban and rural families in Nicaragua.

You can also visit CEPRODEL’s website, or their page on Facebook, to follow their work in Nicaragua.

CEPRODEL Mission

To promote local sustainable development by bringing economic opportunities, organizational support, and new technology to the most vulnerable sector of the population so that they may rise above poverty using their own creative potential.

CEPRODEL Staff

	Miguel González Solórzano became the Executive Director of CEPRODEL in 1989. Mr. González graduated from the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua with a degree in Economics. He has done graduate studies at INCAE in Costa Rica, in Chile, in Moscow, and Washington DC, with a focus on economic planning, banking and human resources.
	Julio Cisneros Solórzano co-founded CEPRODEL in 1989. With a Ph.D. in sociology, Julio serves as General Secretary of the CEPRODEL Board of Directors. His dream for Nicaragua is that it become prosperous, embrace social justice for all, and that its young begin to enjoy opportunities.
	Marvin Antonio Garcia is CEPRODEL’s Chief Financial Officer, and is responsible for overseeing all income and expenses of the organization. Marvin was born in the coastal port of Corinto, has a degree in business administration. He is a member of a Christian Base Community and dreams of someday seeing inequality disappear from Nicaragua.
	Lilliam Arróliga Guardado is the Treasurer for the Board of Directors. She has a degree in Economics.
	Eligia Margarita Lazo Leiva is the Personnel Administrator. Her family is from Managua and Chontales. She completed a two year Executive Secretarial course when she was 17 and has worked with CEPRODEL since 1991. Her dream is that Nicaraguans will find unity in demonstrating their faith through actions that will bring prosperity to all.
	Carolina Arroglia Espinoza is CEPRODEL’s head Architect and a member of the Board of Directors. In 2009 SosteNica invited Carolina and two other members of the architecture team to participate in a sustainable architecture course in Tlaxco, MX. Carolina is currently designing a straw bale construction conference room for CEPRODEL, and grows delicious avocados in her garden in Managua.
	Carlos Francisco Caceres Martinez was born and raised in a small community in Chinandega. He was the top of his class in the rural one room schoolhouse, and went on to graduate from the National Autonomous University with a degree in Business Administration. He is CEPRODEL’s Project Coordinator and a member of the Board of Directors. His dream is for Nicaragua to become truly independent politically, culturally, and developmentally.
	Luis Rivas Gálvez is the Coordinator of our Reforestation and Water Source Protection project in Nagarote. Hailing from Chinandega, Luis has an engineering degree in animal husbandry. He focuses on strengthening borrower abilities while protecting the environment.
	Vernonn Edilberto Berrios Barcenas is our Agricultural Technician for the Reforestation and Water Source Protection Project. He graduated from the Autonomous University of Nicaragua in 2001 with a degree in Agroecology. His wrote his thesis on Plant Pathology and his responsibilities with CEPRODEL include encouraging borrowers to adopt disease-preventative and organic management practices on their farms. His dream is to someday run his own farm and create a marketing network of Organic Farmers in Nicaragua.