Corazon A. Henares

Co-Founder, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF)
Philippines

Corazon “Cora” A. Henares, a psychologist and educator, is one of the founders of Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF), which was founded in 1984. NWTF is one of the first replicators of the Grameen lending methodology in the Philippines. As Director for Operations, she led the organization to offer client responsive products. She has also been instrumental in training staff so that they adopted NWTF’s vision, values and understood the Grameen essentials. With her experience in microfinance, she was tapped to train other microfinance in the Philippines. Currently, she is the President of Dungganon Bank Inc., a subsidiary of NWTF catering to graduating micro and SME Clients.