La Solucion 3 Group

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to La Solucion 3 Group, consisting of Evelyn Regalado, Carida Echevarria, Anny Geronimo de Pen, Elisia King, Ruben Mateo Carrasco by Esperanza International, a partner of HOPE International in Dominican Republic. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 5 months of this loan, Esperanza International, a partner of HOPE International will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

Today, the group of borrowers “La Solucion” had one of its bimonthly repayment meetings.

Evelyn continues her business of selling detergents, bedspreads and other household items. She also started other little businesses like selling wallets. She says that with the money you lent her, she has been able to buy larger quantities of products that she already used to sell. Moreover, she has been buying and selling all kind of products she thought could be useful; and this way, she is getting a knowledge and experience about which products are more in demand in her community. She stores her merchandise in her house and walks down the street to offer them to people. She is glad to see that her business is doing very well and is growing day after day.

This business is vital for her because she says that in Samana, there are very few opportunities to get a job. She adds that she really enjoys doing it because she is meeting a lot of people and making new friends.

She likes to be with the microfinance institution Esperanza, because unlike other banks that give loans for personal use and with high interest rates, Esperanza has lower interest rates and ensures that the loan is used for business activities, and offers ideas and advice to develop business to its members.

In the future, she will take new loans with Esperanza and she expects the amounts to be increasing. The whole group is going well and repaying on time and Evelyn keeps dreaming of owning an apartment one day to rent.

If you want to keep supporting groups like “La Solucion”, please consider making another loan to an entrepreneur of Esperanza: http://partners.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&partner_id=44&status=fundRaising&sortBy=New+to+Old

You can also check out and join Esperanza’s lending team : http://partners.kiva.org/team/team_esperanza_dr_and_hati

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El grupo La solución tuvo hoy una reunión de repago de su préstamo como cada dos semanas.

Evelyn sigue su negocio de venta de detergentes, colchas y otros accesorios del hogar. También empezó otros negocitos cuyo uno es de venta de cartera. Dice que con el préstamo que le hicieron, a parte de comprar mayores cantidades de los productos que ya vendía, se ha puesto a comprar y vender de todo lo que se le presente, y así va aprendiendo que productos tienen mas demanda en su comunidad y se venden mejor. Almacena sus mercancías en su casa, y va por la calle a ofrecerlos a la gente. Se alegra de ver que el negocio le sale muy bien y que va creciendo un día tras otro.

Este negocio le es vital porque dice que en Samana, son muy escasas las oportunidades de conseguir un trabajo. Además, añade que lo hace con gusto y ganas porque por medio de su negocio, va conociendo gente y creando nuevas amistades.

Le gusta estar con la institución de microfinanzas Esperanza, porque al contrario de los bancos que dan prestamos para uso personal y con intereses altos, Esperanza se asegura de que el uso del préstamo sea solo para el negocio, y ofrece ideas y consejos para desarrollar negocios a sus socios.

En el futuro, tomara nuevos préstamos con Esperanza y espera que sean de montos cada vez mayores. Todo el grupo esta yendo bien y repagando a tiempo y Evelyn sigue con su sueño de poder comprar un apartamento un día para alquilarlo.

Si quieren seguir sosteniendo grupos como La solución, pueden hacer otro préstamo a socios de Esperanza haciendo click aquí

http://partners.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&partner_id=44&status=fundRaising&sortBy=New+to+Old

Pueden también apuntarse al grupo de prestatarios a la institución Esperanza : http://partners.kiva.org/team/team_esperanza_dr_and_hati