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Virginia R. V., 41, lives with her husband and children in Las Delicias de Upala, a small, rural community in Costa Rica, which is located in the Alajuela province. This is where she engages in businesses like raising livestock for two reasons (meat and milk) and planting basic grains like rice, beans, corn, and others.
Several years ago, due to the few sources of employment the community offers, Virginia started a business of making clothes. She did this to help her husband with the household expenses. She makes different types of things such as curtains, bedding, and all kinds of clothes. She later sells her work to businesses in her community and surrounding areas. Some people go to her house looking for her goods.
Her small business has helped considerably to improve her family’s quality of life. She says that the success of her business is based upon being able to offer a good service to people and meeting their needs.
Virginia currently needs a loan for ¢385,000 (three hundred eighty five thousand colones) to buy materials like fabric, thread, lace, among other things to make all types of items. Thanks to this loan she will be able to attract more customers, offer more choices, and considerably improve the quality of her products.
Virginia is a member of the Empresa de Crédito Comunal Datraban, one of the one hundred organizations partnered with Edesa in Costa Rica. This is her third loan, and she hopes to keep growing on a personal and economic level. Thanks to these types of organizations and agencies facilitating loans, she can dedicate more time to productive activities.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Ginny Kalish. View original language description.
