Mariana Del Jesus

Mariana is 43 years old. She is a single mother with two daughters who are 25 and 13 years old. Her older daughter attends college and the younger one goes to school. She lives at her parents’ house. She considers herself a happy and responsible person.

Mariana works selling palo santo (aromatic wood), a type of incense that is used a lot. She gives assistance on how to use it, because it can be used in different ways.

She needs this loan to buy logs of palo santo, shelves and cases. Mariana wishes to have a store with shelves where she can store her products in order to keep their aroma. Through her work she wants to be able to take care of her mother and to finish educating her daughters.

Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteerPatricia Mueller. View original language description.