Arely Del Socorro Salazar López

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Arely Del Socorro Salazar López by AFODENIC in Nicaragua. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 9 months, AFODENIC will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

Simply so you know who is the voice of this article, my name is Jon and I am a Kiva Fellow working with AFODENIC; the micro finance institution that loans to Arely.

Arely had to quit her job a few years ago because her son has a condition where there is excessive liquid around his brain. I am not exactly sure what the affliction is, but it is supposedly not permanent and something that kids grow out of over time. Because the family needed to remain a two-income family Arely started a store out of the family home. Arely’s husband has a business selling used tires in Mercado Oriental and between the income of his business and the store they have enough money to live on as well as invest in their home. Essentially, Arely and her husband are using the loans to buy inventory for the business and make improvements to their home. Since they have a 15 year old and the little boy with the condition is much younger, they are building an additional room for their elder child. Arely and her husband have goals to further improve their home and earn more from their businesses.