Stories of Hope

Stories of Hope is a 25-minute documentary produced by film students at California State University at Sacramento under the direction of documentary film producer Robert Robert Machoian and Skywalker Studios engineer E.J. Holowicki. The documentary features four actual Fuentes' members who managed to rise above difficult circumstances and found success in their microenterprise at least partly as a result of the credit and support from their Fuentes SCGs.

Goal Setting Exercises

We designed a erasable surface magnet to facilitate setting goal exercises. Microfinance users in the treatment group were invited to periodically updated their goals and place the magnet on their fridges, where they can see it several times over a day.

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Hope Curriculum

The bank officer for treated groups followed up with a hope curriculum consisting of brief discussion topics to help reinforce the role of aspirations, pathways and agency in their business and personal lives.

Curriculum contents

Research Sites

Our research was conducted in two the two Fuentes Libres operating sites: Oaxaca Valley (areas A and B) and the Tehuantepec Isthmus (areas C, D and E).

Fabiola Hernández, a Fuentes bank officer, leading a Hope Curriculum session.