Mujeres San Jardin De Jorge I Group

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to the Mujeres San Jardin de Jorge I group, consisting of Irma Cristina Ramos Xalcut, Rosario Ramos Xulcut, Rosario Ramos Xalcut, Angelina Ramos Xulcut, Concha Quieju Guit, Francisca Bocel Ramos, Ana Maria Ramos Xalcut, Olga Guarcax Quisquina, Candelaria Ramos Xulut, Regina Chocho Quex by Friendship Bridge in Guatemala. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 13 months, Friendship Bridge will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

Mujeres San Jardin 1- San Jorge

Irma and her sister are both in sales; Irma invested all her credit in building a little store. All the goods and shelves were bought with this credit. In the same room where the store is, her father has his grinding machine for corn where half the village grinds his corn for tortillas. When the people visit her father they now also buy small daily foods of Irma. Her entrepreneurial idea was a good one because sales are going well!

Her sister sells cloth and skirts made of the cloth next door. When taking the interview with her, a customer walks in and tells me she has good cloth for a very good price and the customer – I am sorry not to have asked her name!- tells me she comes over from Sololá to buy of her.

Both sisters are proud and happy to be able to work this way with the help of Puente de Amistad as is called Friendship Bridge in Guatemala. I leave the sisiters to their sales and enjoy the nice apple they gave me.

We often read the stories about these women wanting their children to do well, study and have better chances in life. Friendship Bridge has education firmly stated in their mission statement and therefore sometimes offers intern ships to school girls as also to Gloria Trinidad. She is in school to become a secretary and is the daughter and sister of two members of a Kiva group called Costureras. I decided to take her with me into the field and let her write a story about the places we visit. The nice result, in Spanish, is what you can read here!

Historia de San Jorge La Laguna Departamento de Sololá,

Relataremos un poco de San Jorge La Laguna. Es uno de los pueblos que esta ubicada cerca del Lago de Atitlán. San Jorge La Laguna tiene habitantes amables y trabajadoras. Y hablan el idioma Kakchiquel. Las calles de San Jorge son de pura piedra y son muy subidas. Las mujeres del pueblo son muy trabajadoras y lucha para que sus hijos tengan un futuro mejor. Las casas de San Jorge están cerca de la iglesia católica y unos están alejados del centro del pueblo están entre las montañas. La mayoría de las mujeres son artesanas y elaboran lo que son pulseras, fajas y collares pero de mostasias. Y cada persona tiene su propio negocio y trabajo. San Jorge es uno de los departamentos de Sololá. Los niños de San Jorge ellos trabajan a muy temprana edad. Y son muy pocos los que están estudiando en la escuela. San Jorge celebró el 15 de septiembre frente la iglesia católica. Ellos siempre celebran cualquier actividad del pueblo