A loan helped to purchase packaged beverages and fruit, sugar, and hygienic bags to sell the soft drinks, and bicycle parts.


Rosa De Mercedes's story

Rosa lives with her spouse and 24-year-old child who is a university student. Rosa's business consists of selling packaged beverages and soft drinks. She also offers her customers bicycle accessories. She undertook her businesses 22 years ago. She works every day with a schedule of 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. Her family helps her tend the businesses. One is located in her home, and the other in a stand in front of the house.

Rosa is applying for a loan to stock her business's inventory. With the borrowed funds, she will be able to purchase packaged beverages and fruit, sugar, and hygienic bags to sell the soft drinks, and bicycle parts. In this way, she will be able to meet her customers' demand, so her income will improve.

Her aspirations are to have financial stability to meet her family's basic needs and to provide her child with a higher education.

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Wendy H.


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