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Nine Maya K’iche ladies, who live in the large department of Quiché (pronounced “key-chay"), are in the Friendship Bridge Trust Bank group “Flor de Chupol.” Group members weave and embroider beautiful, traditional and colorful textiles that include ornate belts called “fajas” and pretty blouses called “huipiles.” These women are in their third loan cycle with Kiva.
Josefa is a 59-year-old member of Flor de Chupol. She is the mother of seven children and has had no formal education. Josefa has been only able to send two of her children to school through the first grade as education is not free in Guatemala. She works tirelessly in her traditional textile business and employs five other ladies in order to increase her inventory, attract more clients and generate more income. Josefa is requesting a loan to purchase a variety of colors of thread at the wholesale level so that she can have plenty of supplies available for all of her orders.
Josefa is very representative of Maya women who have little or no education and began to work at an early age. That is why it is so useful for her to participate in the Microcredit Plus Program of Friendship Bridge which focuses on small loans and educational trainings. Each month, Josefa learns about new and useful things such as investing and savings or nutrition, hygiene, or women’s rights and women’s health.
Thank you, Kiva investors, for taking the time learn about Josefa and her goals and dreams! She is moving ahead, little by little, along with her seven children and five employees!
In this group: Maria, Estela Candelaria, Maria, Juana, Tomasa, Anastacia, Maria, Josefa, Juana
