Newsletters

Click on the links (in blue text) below to peruse our archive of newsletters in PDF format.  If you would like to request hardcopies of these or previous newsletters, please contact us.

Fall 2011 (pdf)

Spring 2011 (pdf)

  • Letter from the President
  • Celebrating 10 years of SOSTENICA: Profiles of Ten Ten-Year Borrowers
  • Financial Progress Report
  • Investors and Donors

letter to 10 Anniversary clients

Our Sustainable Development Coordinator on the ground in Nicaragua writes:

“Here is a copy of the letter [in spanish] we’re giving to each of the 10th Anniversary clients who were so generous as to share their story with us.”

Fall 2010 (pdf)

  • From the President – It’s SOSTENICA’S birthday!

Help SOSTENICA celebrate its 10th (really 20th) birthday!!

From the Fall 2010 Update our President writes:

“At our recent meeting of the Board, we posed the question: “How shall we celebrate our 10th anniversary as a stand alone non-profit?” Director Rev. Mich Zeman answered the question with typical bravado – “When we turn ten, we recommit to the mission by challenging ourselves to increase the size of our loan portfolio and the number of our investors by 10%!”  The motion was seconded and approved by a unanimous vote.  Now we need your help.  Those of you who have been fans of SosteNica but have not yet invested, now is a great time to join.  Your support will help many underserved Nicaraguan farmers and small business people and you will help the Board realize its goal of growing the fund even amidst a recession.  To our current investors, we pose a challenge.  Will you consider increasing your current investment by 10%?  If your investment is for $2,000, it would mean adding an additional $200.  For those of you with $50,000 invested, it would mean finding an additional $5,000 to support the work we have begun together.  Join the celebration, recommit to the good work.”

  • Passing on the Plantains
  • Planning Ahead
  • Housing Projects
  • CEPRODEL Financial Statements

Spring 2010 (pdf)

  • From the President: Holding Our Feet to the Fire
  • Eyes on the Prize
  • CEPRODEL Balance Sheet
  • 2009 Investors & Donors
  • Home Is Where the Heart Is

Fall 2009 (pdf)

  • From The President (The good news just got better…)
  • Reforesting Nicaragua
  • Vernonn Berrios Barcenas
  • The Participants
  • CEPRODEL Balance Sheet