A loan helped to buy chains, bracelets, anklets, rings, to pay for electricity, and to buy a variety of groceries, etc.


Liseth Mariela's story

Liseth Mariela is 34 years old. She has a 4-year-old son attending kindergarten. Her husband is a driver. They live in the city of Portoviejo, a city rich in the production of vegetables, legumes, and tropical fruits for domestic consumption. It has beaches and a variety of tourist sites.

In order to help her husband with household expenses, Liseth Mariela has her small grocery store at home, where her neighbors from the sector and private individuals come to shop every day. They always buy the best fresh products of good quality. She also offers a variety of steel costume jewelry. She buys these at distributors where she gets them at a good price and offers them to her customers by visiting them door-to-door in her free time. She leaves the merchandise on credit and collects payment weekly. She is grateful to the good people who support her with the loans and hopes they continue helping her.

This loan is to buy chains, bracelets, anklets, rings, to pay for electricity, and to buy a variety of groceries to give the best to her customers.

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Gail LeGrand.


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


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