Valeria Auxiliadora and her family live in El Pollo in the Portoviejo canton, the location is surrounded by a lot of vegetation, the majority of the people make a living working in the countryside and selling their products.
She is a hardworking woman looking for a way to earn an income of her own and help her husband to provide for the household. She makes a living selling clothes, sheets and costume jewelry. The business allows her to earn enough to pay for daily sustenance, however her household has many needs, one of these is that the house does not have adequate bathrooms and it is for this that she is applying for a loan. She hopes to build a bathroom in her room , she also hopes to make some repairs to the kitchen which is for family use but is also for her business. This loan is to buy cement, steel, bricks, pipes, toilet sets, taps and other construction materials.

Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Nic Couldrey. View original language description.