Arco Iris (cuenca) Group


Status: Paying Back

$1,775.00   Loan Amount
41% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: Arco Iris (cuenca) Group
Group Members: MARIA ROSARIO CHICAIZA PINDUISACA
MARIANA DE JESUS CHICAIZA PINDUISACA
NANCY PATRICIA COLLAGUAZO CHICAIZA (not pictured)
LIGIA NARCISA CHIMBO MEJIA
MARCIA BEATRIZ CHIMBO MEJIA
SONIA BEATRIZ MEJIA CHICAIZA
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador
Activity: Animal Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $1,775.00
Loan Use: To buy more chickens, guinea pigs, and feed for their animals and to expand their businesses.
Repayment Term: 7 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: N/A
Date Listed: Sep 1, 2009
Date Disbursed: Aug 3, 2009
Date Funded:Sep 5, 2009

About the Country

Country:Ecuador
Avg Annual Income:$4,776.00
Currency:United States Dollars (USD)



The communal bank, "Arco Iris" (Rainbow) is located in the Tres Marías neighborhood in the parrish of Turí, which is 15 minutes outside the city of Cuenca. It's a semi-urban sector, the climate is cold, and the people are dedicated to agriculture and business. They celebrate the town's founding during the month of May. During this time, different activities are held like games, fireworks, and other fun things that attract people from both inside and outside the town.

The bank is formed of 7 members who are very responsible and friendly with everyone. The group is very united and collaborative. They are also very dedicated to their work.

We will now profile some of the members of the bank:

María lives in the Tres Marías neighborhood, is 64, and has been a widow for 20 years. She hasn't re-married. She has 5 children who are 40, 36, 34, 32, and 30. The oldest 4 are already married with families of their own. Her youngest son is still single and lives with her and keeps her company. All of her children help her financially since she has medical checkups all of the time since she suffers different illnesses because of her age. She tells us that she can no longer farm her land, and because of this, she has given her children their inheritance so they can keep farming it.

She has been a member of the bank for 3 years and has had several loans. She raises chickens, which will be ready for sale in approximately 2 months. She sells plucked chickens by the pound to stores or at market.

She now has 50 chickens, and she will invest the loan in the purchase of feed and more chickens so she can expand her business. Her goal is that God gives her life and health to keep helping her children and to see them reach their dreams that they have made for themselves in life.

Marcia lives in the Tres Marías neighborhood. She is 26, is married, and her husband helps her with their home's expenses since he works in construction. Between them, they have a good marriage, and they have two children, who are 7 and 6. They go to the Aurelio Ochoa school in their community and live with them.

Marcia works in a jeans factory from 8am-12pm and 1pm-5pm. She also is raising 15 chickens and 45 guinea pigs. She says she doesn't find it difficult to have 2 jobs. In fact, it gives her a lot of advantages since she has been able to buy materials like metal and bricks to construct her home.

Her loan will be invested in the purchase of more chickens to expand her business since each pair of chickens costs $5.50. Her goal is to get ahead, to construct her home, and to give her children a better future.

Mariana lives in the Tres Marías neighborshood, is 52, and married. Her husband is retired and keeps her company in the house. They have 5 children, who are 29, 26, 22, 20, and 18. All of them live with her, work, and help her financially. They live in their own home that they constructed with hard work when they were younger.

Mariana does domestic chores, practices agriculture, and raises animals. She has 70 guinea pigs, 40 chickens, 3 pigs, and 8 turkeys. She doesn't have a fixed work schedule. She sells the vegetables she grows at a market in Cuenca.

She has worked with Fundación Espoir for 3 years, and she has had several loans. The members are very united and get along very well. At each meeting, you can find laughter and jokes because this is a very happy group.

This loan will be used to buy more chickens and guinea pigs since each guinea pig costs $5. Their goals are to keep raising animals since this is their source of income.

Translated from Spanish by Tanya Harper, Kiva Volunteer


El Banco Comunal Arco Iris esta ubicado en el barrio Tres Marías de la parroquia Turí, a 15 minutos fuera de la ciudad de Cuenca, es un sector semiurbano, su clima es frío, su gente se dedica a la agricultura y el comercio, sus fiestas patronales las celebran en el mes de Mayo, en estas se realizan diferentes actividades como juegos pirotécnicos, vacas locas, castillos, y muchas diversiones que llama la atención a propios y extraños.

El banquito esta conformado por 7 socias quienes son muy responsables y agradables con todos, el grupo es muy unido y colaborador así como también muy dedicado a sus labores.

A continuación citamos algunas socias que pertenecen al banquito y cuentan su testimonio:

María vive en el barrio Tres Marías, tiene 64 años de edad, es viuda hace 20 años y no se ha vuelto a casar, tiene 5 hijos de 40, 36, 34, 32 y 30 de edad, los 4 primeros ya casados y con familia cada uno, el ultimo hijo todavía soltero vive con ella y es su compañía, todos sus hijos le ayudan económicamente ya que tiene que realizarse chequeos médicos todo el tiempo debido a que sufre muchas enfermedades y también por su edad, nos cuenta que ella ya no puede cultivar las tierras y debido ha esa razón entrego todo en herencias a sus hijos para que ellos las sigan cultivando.

Tiene 3 años siendo socia y ha realizado ya varios préstamos, se dedica a la crianza de pollos los cuales están listos para la venta en unos 2 meses aproximadamente, los vende pelados por libras, y los entrega en tiendas o en el mercado.

Ahora tiene 50 pollos, el préstamo realizado lo va ha invertir en el alimento y compra de más pollos y así ampliar más su negocio, su meta es de que si Dios le da vida y salud seguir ayudando ha sus hijos y verles a ellos realizar sus sueños que se plantearon en la vida.

Marcia vive en el Barrio Tres Marías, vía ha Punta Corral, tiene 26 años es casada y su esposo le ayuda económicamente en la casa ya que trabaja en la construcción y entre ellos tienen una buena relación matrimonial en la cual concibieron 2 hijos de 7 y 6 años ellos estudian en la escuela Aurelio Ochoa de la comunidad y viven en la casa de sus padres.

Marcia trabaja en una fábrica de jeans de 8am a 12pm y de 1pm a 5pm de la tarde, también tiene un criadero de 15 pollos y 45 cuyes, cuenta que no tienen dificultad en sus 2 trabajos, a lo contrario le da muchas ventajas ya que así ha logrado comprar materiales como son hierro y ladrillo para la construcción de su vivienda.

El préstamo lo va ha invertir en la compra de más pollos y ampliar su criadero ya que cada pareja de estos le cuestan 5,50, su meta es seguir adelante como hasta ahora lo ha hecho para construir su vivienda y darles un mejor futuro a sus hijos.

Mariana vive en el Barrio Tres Marías, tiene 51 años es casada, su esposo es jubilado y le hace compañía en la casa, en su vida matrimonial han procreado 5 hijos de 29, 26, 22, 20 y 18 años de edad, todos viven con ella, trabajan y le ayudan económicamente, viven en casa propia ya que con el esfuerzo y el trabajo en su juventud la construyeron.

Mariana se dedica a los quehaceres domésticos, agricultura y a la crianza de los animales, tiene 70 cuyes, 40 pollos, 3 chanchos y 8 pavos, no tiene horario fijo de trabajo, las verduras que cultiva en su terreno las vende en la feria libre (lugar comercial de Cuenca).

Lleva 3 años trabajando junto a la FUNDACIÓN ESPOIR y ya ha realizado varios préstamos. Entre las socias son muy unidas y se llevan muy bien y así lo demuestran en cada reunión ya que siempre se encuentran entre risas y bromas es un grupo muy alegre.

El préstamo que realiza hoy es para comprar mas pollos, cuyes ya que el costo de cada cuy pequeño es de 5 dólares, sus metas es seguir con crianza de los animales ya que es su sustento.



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Journal entries for Arco Iris (cuenca) Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Arco Iris (cuenca) Group
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Arco Iris (cuenca) Group, consisting of MARIA ROSARIO CHICAIZA PINDUISACA , MARIANA DE JESUS CHICAIZA PINDUISACA , NANCY PATRICIA COLLAGUAZO CHICAIZA, LIGIA NARCISA CHIMBO MEJIA , MARCIA BEATRIZ CHIMBO MEJIA, SONIA BEATRIZ MEJIA CHICAIZA by Fundación ESPOIR in Ecuador. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 5 months of this loan, Fundación ESPOIR will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Cuenca, Ecuador
Sep 6, 2009
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Kiva Field Update - Message from Kiva Fellow in Ecuador
 
Entrepreneur: Arco Iris (cuenca) Group
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador

Dear Lender,

As you may know, all Kiva loans are actually administered by local field partners. For the past couple of months, I have been working as a Kiva Fellow with Fundación ESPOIR, a brand new Kiva field partner. Over the course of the summer, I’ve had the privilege of meeting Espoir’s first batch of Kiva borrowers and hearing their stories.

A couple of the most memorable stories I heard were from two young women who are using loans to help run their small businesses while also pursuing their education. The first, Verónica Acurio, worked for years in her parents’ restaurant before deciding to open a restaurant of her own. She now has her own restaurant and uses the profits to pay for medical school. She has one year of studies left before becoming a full-fledged doctor. Despite her impressive accomplishments, Verónica is very down to earth and not at all boastful. Before her Kiva interview, most of her fellow group members didn’t even realize that she is a medical student.

Another Kiva client, Ana Lucia Chapa, lives in the rural community of Turi with her husband and her four-year-old son. Monday through Friday, she makes the long commute to and from the city of Cuenca, where she works full-time as a housekeeper. She also raises guinea pigs, sheep, and cows at home for extra income. Ana Lucia dropped out of school when she was 14 to start working so that she could help support her family, and so she never finished high school. After she got married, though, she decided that she wanted to be a veterinarian, and started going to school on the weekends to earn her high school diploma. She still has eight or nine years of education ahead of her before she can officially become a veterinarian, but she has a great attitude and is determined. Her family has been supportive and her parents and in-laws help take care of her son while she works and studies.

Both Veronica and Ana Lucia are 23 years old, just like me. When I heard their stories, I was impressed that they could juggle so many responsibilities simultaneously and overcome such daunting obstacles in pursuit of higher education, which is more than I can say for myself. Both are cheerful and upbeat despite the difficulties they face and the long hours they put in, seven days a week. I hope to return to Cuenca ten years from now and find them both in white coats, running their own successful businesses of another sort.

Kiva clients aren’t the only people at ESPOIR with inspiring stories of upward mobility. I’ve also had the privilege of meeting staff at ESPOIR’s headquarters and four different branch offices. All received me warmly and touched me with their hospitality and generosity, but I was particularly impressed by a handful of female ESPOIR loan officers who were once village bank clients themselves. For these women, becoming loan officers is an important step forward in their lives. They find the work difficult but also quite gratifying, and are happy to be helping clients because they know how it feels to be a small-scale entrepreneur in need of business capital.

It has been exciting and inspirational to see success stories like these during my fellowship with Fundación ESPOIR. I hope you continue to support Ecuadorian entrepreneurs through ESPOIR!

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Posted by Julie Ross, Kiva Staff, from San Francisco, United States
Sep 10, 2009
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SEGUIMIENTO DEL BANCO ARCO IRIS
 
Entrepreneur: Arco Iris (cuenca) Group
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador

MARIANA DE JESÚS CHICAIZA PINDUISACA

La Sra. Mariana Chicaiza nos comenta que ha invierto su dinero en la compra de animales como son los pollos y cuyes para crecer con su negocio, le va bien ya que sus animales los ha podido vender en libras o vivos en su comunidad gracias a la gran venta de sus animales no ha tenido ninguna dificultad en el pago de su crédito, se encuentra un poco enferma de gripe siendo la causa el mal tiempo, en su familia todos se encuentran bien lo que esta muy agradecida con Dios, los préstamos le han beneficiado en la compra de sus animales y el alimento.


Posted by Pedro Salvatierra from Cuenca, Ecuador
Nov 6, 2009
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SEGUIMIENTO DEL BANCO ARCO IRIS
 
Entrepreneur: Arco Iris (cuenca) Group
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador

SRA. MARÍA ROSARIO CHICAIZA PINDUISACA

La Sra. María Chicaiza ha invertido su dinero en la compra de pollos para seguir creciendo en su negocio, los que vende libreados en su comunidad, su dificultad es de que algunos de sus pollos se enfermaron con la coriza (gripe que les da a los pollos por el frió), lo que a tenido que comprar medicamento, gracias a que le va bien en su negocio no ha tenido ninguna dificultad en el pago de su crédito, en su salud se encuentra realizando la dialices cada 3 veces por semana en el seguro (esto se da cuando sus riñones ya no funcionan), en su familia todos se encuentran bien de salud, los prestamos le han beneficiado en la compra de pollos para crecer en su negocio.


Posted by Pedro Salvatierra from Cuenca, Ecuador
Nov 6, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Arco Iris (cuenca) Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
November 2009 $443.76 $443.76 Repayment Received
December 2009 $295.84 $295.84 Repayment Received
January 2010 $295.84 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $295.84 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $443.72 Available Mar 1