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Julia is 60 years old. She is separated and had nine children. Her oldest son passed away and seven others are independent and have their own families. Her youngest daughter lives with her in her home in the south part of the city. When she separated from her children’s father, she began selling spices and condiments and has been doing this for the past 14 years.
She begins working at 7:00 am every morning, when she sets up at the entrance to the market, where she remains until most of her merchandise is sold out. Her work doesn’t end there. She goes home and begins grinding and preparing condiments until 10:00 pm.
She is very happy and satisfied with what she does, and this business has provided her a good profit. She also likes working with her customers and her daughter helps her with the sales. Her greatest desire is to acquire a stall within the market, so that her products will be more secure [from theft].
This will be her eighth loan through MFP and once again she reiterates her promise to make her payments on time. It also shows that she enjoys working with this group because it is very united. She will use the money from this loan to buy ingredients that she needs to make her condiments and other products.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer anonymized. View original language description.
