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The ladies of the Friendship Bridge Trust Bank “Jasmin”, located in Solola, Guatemala, have a variety of small businesses that include traditional textile fabrication/sales (colorful blouses called “huipiles” & woven tube skirts called “cortes”), food sales, & animal husbandry (chickens, cattle). The “Microcredit Plus” Program of the organization (loans + education) gives them important guidelines for their businesses including creating a budget, bookkeeping, & prioritizing savings. They discover new information about themselves including sexual & reproductive health, personal development, self-esteem, as well as cultivating a vision for the future.
Yesenia is a member of the group, and is 25 years old with 2 children (3,9). She stayed in school until the 6th grade. Yesenia has two businesses, growing & selling avocados, as well as fabricating beautiful traditional blouses called “huipiles”. She is requesting a loan to invest in the purchase of new avocado trees & a variety of thread. She dreams of expanding her businesses, making them very prosperous & improving the conditions of her family.
Yesenia & her friends in the Trust Bank are gaining the tools to step into a brighter future benefiting themselves, their families & their community. Kiva investors play a vital role in their lives in providing capital for their loans. Thank you!
In this group: Maria, Juana, Tiburcia, Keila Elisama, Sabina, Kimberly Simona, Yesenia Filomena
