A loan helped to buy general clothing, as well as rice, sugar, legumes, tuna, and other grocery items to stock her store.


Gloria Esmeraldas's story

Gloria Esmeraldas and her family live in Los Bajos de Montecristi. It is a place of humble people who work in agriculture and making handmade craft.

Gloria Esmeraldas is a hardworking person who seeks a way to earn income and help her family to get ahead. She has a grocery store set up in her house, where she sells rice, sugar, detergent, deli meats, and legumes. She sells in her locale or goes out to sell in the community. In this way, she is able to keep going. This is thanks to the loans, and for that she is very grateful and asks for the help to continue.

This loan is to buy general clothing, as well as rice, sugar, legumes, tuna, and other grocery items to stock her store.

Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Ellen Donohue.


This loan is special because:

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


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