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The communal bank Curahuara is starting the second cycle with Pro Mujer as part of the Centro Focal de Patacamaya. It is made up of ten members and is headed by a board where Ediberta is the President. The businesses that the members of the communal bank have are varied and between them they are: cattle trade, sewing skirts, neighborhood store, selling dried llama meat, and selling food.
The loan they are taking will benefit those micro-entrepreneurs where Ediberta is a member. She has been a member of Pro Mujer for two years joining through the invitation of an Advisor of the institution who visited her at home.
Currently she has a business selling weavings and multicolored woolen cloths. She tells us that she learned this work from her parents. Since she was a child she helped them in the family business. Now that she has an independent family she began her own business.
The loan that she is taking now is for working capital (to buy wool in bulk) that she will buy from the wholesalers in the city of La Paz for later creations for export trade orders.
This form of work has permitted her to generate resources to support her family as she lives with a life partner and has two children.
When asked what she likes about Pro Mujer she says that she likes the training that the institution offers.
In this group: Ediberta, Claudia Elisabeth, Alicia , Andrea Amelia, Dwight Florentin, Graciela Yesica, Basilia, Lina, Margarita , Elza Yobana
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Gail LeGrand. View original language description.
