A loan helped a member to buy various items of clothing, such as jeans, shirts, trousers, blouses and T-shirts among other items.


Virgen De Las Mercedes Group's story

The group is called Virgen de Las Mercedes, it is made up of 23 women, all with a common goal, to help improve the living situation of their families. For this, each one has a goal that was proposed with their business plan that each one carries out. They are also within the poverty elimination program.

Maria Elizabeth is one of the members of the group. She is a hard-working person who works selling clothes to help support her home and family. She mentions that, through this venture, she wants to continue supporting her family and to give them better opportunities than the ones she had.

She defines herself as a hard working person, who looks for a way to get ahead and to give her loved ones everything that she could not have, so that they do not go through needs of any kind.

She requests this loan to buy various clothing items to stock up and continue selling jeans, shirts, trousers, blouses and T-shirts among other items.

In this group: Zunilda, Lida Daiana, Nelida Ester, Lucia, Maria Nimia, Maria Stela, Isabel, Celsa, Sany Ester, Myrian Luz, Maria Gloria, Juana Bautista, Mercedes, Patricia Elizabeth, Maria Elizabeth, Rosalina, Dora, Norma Marilda, Maria Teresa, Edel Raquel, Eladia, Teodolina, Nelly Vidalina

Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer E. Power.


This loan is special because:

It is accompanied by an industry leading poverty-elimination program.



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