Adding to basket
The communal bank "Pueblo Libre" is a responsible and happy group formed by 10 members. They are in their fourth loan cycle. They are led by Lleny, the president, along with the treasurer and secretary. Because of the pandemic, these three appear in the photograph.
Lleny, age 37, has four children. She is a single mother. She has a lot of strength and will to continue ahead for the well-being of her children. She considers herself a hard-working, fighting, and very responsible woman.
She has had her business for 10 years. She works in agriculture, planting cassava. It is for this reason that her biggest challenge is to plant more. In addition, her great dream is to enlarge her little house.
In addition to this business, her other source of income is doing daywork on other plantings.
She will use the Kiva loan to expand her plantings. She wants to continue harvesting and be able to have better earnings and sell them, and with the extra earnings, build her house.
In this group: Emilia Marianita, Jareth, Lleny, Mercy, Teddy, Margolith, Vilma Graciela, Sunilda, Rider, Manuel
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Pam McMurry. View original language description.
