Carmen Noemi is 50 years old. Some years ago her husband died. From that relationship she has 4 adult children. They live in the city of Portoviejo, capital of Manabí, known for many years as the city of the Real Tamarindos.
She is a working woman who seeks to earn her living and thus pay for her expenses and also help her family to get ahead. She makes a living by selling clothes, so she manages to pay for her expenses, but in their home still live with many limitations. One of them is that in the locality where they live water is scarce and she often has to buy water bottles which are expensive and that’s why she needs a loan, because she hopes to build a small water tank for her to store some water, so that they still have water when there is no water nearby.
This loan is for the purchase of construction materials for the water tank, pipelines, and other materials.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Ana Alvarez. View original language description.