Malia
A loan of $1,000 helps to hire women to help her with harvesting their mulberry plantation.
Malia's story
For many decades, this mother has run a tapa-making business, and it is one of their primary sources of income. She makes tapas and sells them at the local market and to some of her relatives overseas.
Her name is Malia, a mother of eight, and a grandmother.
In her backyard, she grows mulberry, and in their plantation, her husband grows mulberry too. Some of the mulberry is ready to harvest, and Malia is applying for this loan to hire women to harvest her plantation.