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Señora Maria is a member of the communal bank Feria Libre. She lives in a beautiful sector of the city of Cuenca, a city that was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in December 1999. It is bathed by four rivers and has a variety of gastronomy. Its people are kind, gentle, and hard-working, and they maintain their traditions and culture.
Doña Maria is 27 years old. She is married and has three children, ages 12, 2, and a baby of 7 months. Her oldest daughter attends a city school. Her husband is a driver by profession, and he works driving a bus. They do not have their own house, so they live in the house of her mother, with whom they share the household expenses.
Señora Rosa is a professional seamstress, a trade that she learned by studying. She has been working in her profession for 7 years. She works in her house and works every day of the week without a fixed schedule.
She has been in her communal bank for 5 years, and she will invest her new loan in the purchase of fabrics, threads, buttons, fasteners, and other items for sewing.
Her goal is to have her own house.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Pam McMurry. View original language description.
