A loan helped to buy corn, lime, corn flour, and firewood to make and sell tortillas.


Iris Adelaida's story

Iris Adelaida, age 60, is single. She has three children. She lives with one of them in the municipality of Tocoa, department [state] of Colón. She has worked selling tortillas made of corn and flour processed in her house. Previously she was a housewife.

She is requesting a loan from ODEF for 12,000 Lempiras that she plans to invest to buy corn, lime, corn flour, and firewood to make and sell tortillas. She is grateful for the financial support. She considers that the loan will help her to have availability of raw materials, facilitating her production and increasing her income.

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Joann S.


This loan is special because:

It supports single mothers raising families on very little income.



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