Santos Maria Garcia


Status: Paying Back

$750.00   Loan Amount
75% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Santos Maria Garcia
Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Activity: Retail

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $750.00
Loan Use: Purchase firewood, corn, and corn flour.
Repayment Term: 11 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Apr 29, 2009
Date Disbursed: Apr 24, 2009
Date Funded:Apr 29, 2009

About the Country

Country:Honduras
Avg Annual Income:$3,009.00
Currency:Honduras Lempiras (HNL)
Exchange Rate:18.8961 HNL = 1 USD



Doña Santos is 49 years old. She lives in a town of Comayaguela called Peña Vieja which is a densely populated area, paved, the houses are built closely and have all public services. Doña Santos has had her small business for 30 years, she buys corn, firewood, and corn flour at local stores and sells from her house. She also delivers merchandise for two hundred "lempiras" (local currency) daily to a "Casa de Beneficiencia Aldeas S.O.S." She is paid six thousand "lempiras" monthly allowing earnings of $300.00. This is a good option as she can see her monthly earnings. She has been selling tortillas all her life, she takes a bus to make the deliveries. She is very beloved by the people. Her daughters help her in the mornings as they attend university in the afternoons. A previous loan was invested in buying corn and firewood in bulk to lower costs as she can buy at a local market and spend less. She needs our support to buy corn, firewood and corn flour as the wants to invest more. She lives with her mother-in-law, who is a very nice 80-year-old lady, her husband and her two daughters. It is her dream to see her daughters graduate. I spent a pleasant moment with doña Santos.




Translated from Spanish by Lene Struck Christensen, Kiva Volunteer


Doña Santos tiene 49 años de edad ella vive en una ciudad de comayaguela que se llama Peña vieja, es una zona que esta bien poblada de pavimento las casas esta en forma continua cuentan con todos los servicios publicos. Doña Santos ha tenido su pequeño negocio por 30 años, ella compra el maiz la leña, maseca en pulperias, y las vende en su casa, asi mismo entrega doscientos lempiras diarios en una Casa de Beneficiencia Aldeas S.O.S. le pagan mensual seis mil lempiras por una ganancia mensual de $ 300,00 ya que es una buena opcion ya ella puede ver su ganacia mensual, ella se ha dedicado toda su vida a la venta de tortillas, ella tomo un bus para irlas a entregar es muy querida por la gente, a ella le ayuda sus hijas por las mañanas ya que por las tardes va a la universidad, invirtio el prestamo anterior en comprar maiz, leña al por mayor asi puede bajar los gastos ya que puede ir a comprar a un mercado local y gastar menos, ella necesita nuestro apoyo para comprar maiz,leña maseca de nuevo ya que quiere invertir mas, ella vive con su suegra que es una sra.muy agradable de 80 años con su esposo y sus dos hijas ya que el sueño de la cliente es ver a sus hijas graduadas,me agrado pasar una momento agradable con doña Santos


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Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Santos Maria Garcia
Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Santos Maria Garcia by Prisma Honduras, S.A. in Honduras. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 8 months of this loan, Prisma Honduras, S.A. will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Apr 30, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Santos Maria Garcia

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
July 2009 $0.00 $93.75  
August 2009 $93.75 $93.75 Repayment Received
September 2009 $93.75 $93.75 Repayment Received
October 2009 $93.75 $93.75 Repayment Received
November 2009 $93.75 $0.00 Repayment Received
December 2009 $93.75 $187.50 Repayment Received
January 2010 $93.75 Available Jan 1 Repayment Received
February 2010 $93.75 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $93.75 Available Mar 1