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Five years ago, Ana began an internet café, which she later expanded into a mini stationery shop due to the demand from her customers. She is twenty-four years old, married, and does not have children yet. She is a visionary young woman who finished her secondary school degree in humanities, but preferred to undertake her own business rather than a job. Ana is asking for her second Kiva loan to purchase office and school supplies in addition to display cases to show new products. In the future, she hopes to have larger and more established businesses.
The eight women of the Friendship Bridge communal bank called Las Victoriosas are from the department/state of Quiché and speak K’iche. These women's goals are to establish their own businesses (an internet café, a stationery shop, traditional weaving, reselling farm animals) and generate income which helps them to cover the extra expenses that come up in their families. They have an average education of secondary school.
Ana and the rest of the women also learn monthly about topics for good business administration, investments, and medical care. These are the benefits over 32,000 women receive through Friendship Bridge's Microcrédito Plus program. This program is a combination of small loans, informal education, and health prevention for women's empowerment.
Thank you!
In this group: Maria, Tomasa , Micaela , Tomasa , Lucia , Juana , Ana Patricia , Yenny Vanessa
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Wendy H. View original language description.
