Santa Peralta

Santa is a middle-aged woman who lives with her four children and one grandson in a community on the outskirts of the capital of Santo Domingo. She has struggled for a long time to provide for her children, and ever since she and her husband separated, she has essentially been their sole provider.

Santa currently has a small business where she collects glass soda and beer bottles from restaurants and the streets, and then sells them back to their respective companies. Typically she gets paid a flat rate per pound for her bottles; however, with the help of this loan, two very important things will happen. First, she will be able to begin buying bottles from some of the local colmados (corner stores) at a very low rate so that she can turn a higher profit each week. After a few months of the increased profits, she will have enough money saved so that she can submit her paperwork to obtain a legal ID number in the Dominican Republic. Consequently this will help her further, because recognized and legal Dominican residents get paid a higher rate, per pound, for recycled glass material.

Santa is very grateful to everyone who is helping her to make this loan happen. And on behalf of everyone here at Esperanza International, we too are thankful for your interest and support!

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