History
Loren Finnell founded TRF in 1987 to empower the working poor in Latin America and the Caribbean to break the cycle of dependence and poverty and build better lives for themselves, their families and their communities. Established on the belief that local solutions are substantially more effective than expatriate ones, TRF has pioneered the movement of supporting locally driven development initiatives. To that end, TRF partners with private individual and institutional donors and private development organizations in 23 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. With a philosophy of offering "a hand-up, not a hand-out," all programs are sustainable, self-help programs that enable participants to improve their own futures.
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