A loan helped a member to purchase limes, cherries, passion fruit, empanada dough, bread, cheese, ham, sodas, cookies, sweets, coffee, malts etc.


Gs Los Buenos Mosos De La Punta Group's story

Sra. Ermilia is of Haitian nationality. She is a fifty-year old woman. She lives with her partner. She is an enterprising woman and the mother of four children. She went to school until 7th grade.

Sra. Ermilia came to the Dominican Republic 34 years ago. Her family was looking for a better quality of life and better future. She has now been in business for about 23 years. She has a cafe where she sells coffee, juices, sodas, tostadas, empanadas, malts, water, cookies, sweets etc. She operates the business out of her home. Although prices tend to constantly go up, that obstacle doesn't bother Sra. Ermilia; she feels optimistic about the future of her cafe.

Sra. Ermilia plans to purchase more supplies with this loan. She will stock up her cafe and have a greater variety of products with which to grow her business, satisfy her customers' needs and generate a larger income.

She is the coordinator of this communal bank, and this is her seventh loan with AEI. Her hope is to keep her business moving forward.

Thank you for supporting Sra. Ermilia and the "GS Los Buenos Mosos de la Punta" communal bank.

In this group: Gertrude, Ermilia, Edvard

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Marni Siegal.


This loan is special because:

It includes access to healthcare services and business and vocational training.


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