Blanca Margarita

Blanca Margarita

A loan of $1,325 helps to buy drums with purified water and various materials for making bricks.

Blanca Margarita

Blanca Margarita's story

Blanca Margarita and her family live in Montecristi, where the people are very hard-working and stand out for their crafts made of toquilla straw, wicker, piquigua, and wood; fine toquilla straw hats, recognized in the world as “Panama Hat”.

Blanca Margarita and her family have a small brick factory in the patio of their house, they manufacture from Monday to Saturday, usually under orders from wholesalers who always come to buy. She helps with sales when her children are busy ,

She also sells water drums, her children help her with deliveries.

She is very grateful to the good people who help her with the loans, so she can support her children.

This credit is to buy drums with purified water and various materials for making bricks.

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