Yovanni Carlina

Yovanni Carlina and her family live in the city of Portoviejo. The city is rich in the production of vegetables, legumes, and tropical fruits for domestic consumption. It has beaches and a variety of tourist sites.

Yovanni Carlina is a good woman who, in order to help with the household expenses, devotes herself at home to making a variety of clothes for women, men, and children. She has a small seamstress shop at her house. Her customers generally arrive on Monday through Saturday.

She also makes sportswear and pajamas. She offers these to her customers, and she sells costume jewelry that she takes to offer her customers in their houses. She leaves the merchandise on credit, and she collects every eight days. This way each time she collects she sells to them again.

This loan is to buy various sewing materials, chains, bracelets, and rings, etc.

Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteerGinny Kalish. View original language description.