Martha Gilma Fitoria Solano

Martha and her husband are in the food business, and besides food they sell sodas and pastries. Another part of their it is to provide phone services. Martha started this business 10 years ago, with US$ 800 that she and her husband had saved. They have a son. He has been the inspiration that help them keep going. They didn't want him to lack anything, specially their love and the possibility to go to school. And it was because of their support that Martha's son grew up and became self-sufficient. Now they have a grandson.

Before Martha had her own business, she used to sell clothes made in Panama. Then she started the food business from scratch, and little by little it has grown in size and clientele. They are making profits. Martha says that CEPRODEL has been a great help, because it has always being there for them. She has worked with CEPRODEL for 2 years and she has repaid 7 loans.

Translated from Spanish by Marco Ramón, Kiva volunteer.

Este negocio se caracteriza por la venta de comida, gaseosas, repostería, además consta de alquiler de telefonía. Martha comenzó con este negocio desde hace 10 años con un capital de US$800.00 que eran ahorros de ella y su esposo. Tienen un hijo el cual era la razón del sacrificio de esta pareja, ya que no deseaban que le faltara nada a su hijo, principalmente educación y amor. Gracias a este sacrificio ya el hijo es mayor e independiente y les ha brindado un nieto

Antes de tener su propio negocio, ella se dedicaba a la venta de ropa nueva panameña. Su negocio comenzó con pocas condiciones, sin embargo poco a poco ha logrado ir creciendo tanto en clientela como en ganancias. Ella comenta que CEPRODEL ha tenido un fuerte impacto en su negocio ya que siempre ha estado a su disposición a la hora que lo ha necesitado.

Lleva más de 2 años trabajando con CEPRODEL con un récord de 7 créditos.