Emely Dayana is 19 years old. She lives with her partner and has an 18-month-old daughter. Her husband is a security guard. They live in Los Arenales, a place with beautiful beaches and hard-working people who make a living from fishing.
She is a hard-working woman who looks for a way to earn her income, and with it be able to help her husband run their home. She makes a living from cleaning and selling fish. She buys small fish like herrings, which she brines and cures with salt and lemon; to later sells them in plastic containers to merchants who take them to other cities. She also sells fish in the surrounding areas where she has many customers.
This loan is to buy fish, lemon salt and plastic containers to brine, cure and sell the fish.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Janice Campbell. View original language description.