Luz Cachique Tuanama

Mrs. Luz Cachique Tuanama is a member of the Communal Bank. “Saint Rose of Lima,” lives in the San Martin region, in Mariscal Caceres Province, in the district of Juanjui. She is developing her business in three business stands in the Brisas del Huallaga market in the city of Juanjui. Daily, she tends to the residents who visit the market to buy their basic necessities. When her children reached school age, she felt the need to work in order to help her husband with the maintenance of their home. It has been 22 years since she began with small sales of fruits and vegetables. Now, she has established a clientele that knows her, whom she tends to daily for the purchase of their products. With the credit of 1000 PEN ($375 U.S. dollars) that she would be able to pay off within a period of 6 months, she would invest in the purchase of bunches of bananas, oranges, lemons, and other fruits typical to the region, in order to increase business in her three sales stands. Luz shows a lot of energy and vitality, she enjoys the business that she is developing together with her husband and her children and dreams of one day opening a stand for the sales of groceries.

Translated from Spanish by Laura Kirkvold, Kiva volunteer.

La señora Luz Cachique Tuanama es socia del Banco Comunal. “Santa Rosa de Lima”, vive en la Región San Martín, Provincia de Mariscal Cáceres, distrito de Juanjui, desarrolla su negocio en tres puestos de venta en el mercado Brisas del Huallaga de la ciudad de Juanjui, donde diariamente acuden los moradores a comprar productos de primera necesidad Cuando sus hijos iniciaron su etapa escolar sintió la necesidad de trabajar para ayudar a su esposo en la manutención del hogar, es así que hace 22 años se inicia en la venta de frutas y verduras al por menor, actualmente tiene una clientela ya conocida que acude diariamente a comprar sus productos. Con el crédito de S/ 1000.00 el cual pagara en un plazo de 6 meses, lo invertirá en la compra de : plátanos por racimos, naranjas, sapotes, coconas, limones en cientos, shica shica fruto silvestre de la región entre otros, para implementar sus tres puestos de venta. Luz, muestra mucha energía y vitalidad y le gusta el negocio que desarrolla junto a su esposo y sus hijos y sueña con tener un puesto de venta de abarrotes.