A loan helped a member to buy merchandise to sell.


Cristo Salva 1,2,3,4 Group's story

Lona lives in the Romana batey [settlement around a sugar mill] in the Dominican Republic. These bateyes where sugarcane cutters live, came into existence with the sugar refineries. Nowadays, very limited-resource families, consisting mostly of Haitian immigrants, continue to live in these sugarcane cutters looking for work.

Lona is a hardworking woman who has a food business to provide for her family. Lona’s dream is to own a vehicle to use for the business. Lona needs your help to buy rice, sugar, beans, and flour to supply her business and keep her customers.
Thank you for your support Cristo Salva 1,2,3,4

In this group: Lona, Ysemanie, Francisco, Adeline, Santa, Juliana, Enita, Luz, Maria, Michelet, Leize, Climise, Elithane, Christine, Merline, Celita, Leomene, Lena, Violaine

Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer anonymized.


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