Erika Cecilia and her family live in Colon parish in the canton of Portoviejo. This is a place where people earn a living in agriculture and in gastronomy, a gastronomy that is varied, appreciated, and prepared in clay ovens and bowls.
Erika Cecilia also has a baby who is a few months old and needs to be cared for. For this reason, she has a goods' store in her house where she sells a variety of products for daily consumption. She sells a variety of Avon products at a good price. She allows her customers to purchase merchandise on credit, and she collects payments on a weekly basis. She also sells a variety of peanut products in all forms: sal prieta [a condiment made with ground, toasted corn nuts, and seasonings], chopped peanuts, ground peanuts. Her products are often requested and distributed by her husband in several parts of town in the city where her customers live.
This loan will be used to purchase peanuts, packing bags, cold cuts, soda, water, snacks, rice, oil, butter, salt, tuna, etc.
Translated from Spanish. View original language description.