Meybelin is 34 years old and lives with her partner who is a bricklayer's assistant. She has a son who depends on her.
Meybelin has been making and selling hammocks for 7 years, a trade that she learned from her mother-in-law. She works at home from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. She needs the loan to buy threads of different colors for her business of making and selling hammocks.
Meybelin dreams of increasing the hammocks production to inprove her income and provide her family a better quality of life.

Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Salvador Quintanilla. View original language description.