A loan helped to buy trousers, T-shirts, blouses, dresses, shoes, bed sheets, quilts, furniture covers, and other products.


Gabriela Karina's story

Gabriela Karina is 34 years old, divorced, and has two children (ages 14 and 2). They live in Portoviejo, which is known as the City of the Royal Tamarind Trees.

Despite the difficulties that have cropped up in her life, Gabriela Karina is a hardworking woman who never gives up and has continued to press forward with the help of the loans, for which she is grateful. She sells clothes, shoes, bed sheets, quilts, furniture covers, and other products. Gabriela Karina conducts her sales by going door to door, but she also sells at her house and over the phone. She offers her products on credit and collects payments every eight days. By working in this manner, she is able to make an honest living.

The loan will be used to buy trousers, T-shirts, blouses, dresses, shoes, bed sheets, quilts, furniture covers, and other products.

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Ronan Reodica.


This loan is special because:

It is accompanied by useful, real-life business training.


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