Alfredo

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Alfredo by Microfinanzas PRISMA in Peru. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 6 months, Microfinanzas PRISMA will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

Alfredo Leon Gamarra lives and works in the town of San Pedro de Cajas in the sierra province of Junín in Peru. According to the season, Alfredo works as either a contract laborer for the municipality or as an independent artisan. From October to January, when demand is low, he works for the local government constructing houses out of lumber and concrete. Around May, there is an increased interest in artesanía and he sells his wares to clients in Lima. He has a 14 year-old daughter but her mother left them some years ago. To pay for your loan, he is using his earnings as a contract laborer. The hours for a government laborer are pretty good compared to the artisan alternative (ie rising before dawn and working ‘til sunset). A contract laborer works from 8am to 12pm, breaks an hour for lunch, and works again from 1pm to 5pm; they work Monday to Saturday. When he is working in artesanía, he makes small half-meter long tapestries and backpacks. He sells the tapestries for eight soles each and can make five a day. His backpacks cost eighteen soles and he can make eight of these a day. Alfredo’s dreams are for his daughter, Shirley. He wants her to finish school and go on to study in higher education. Thank you for supporting Alfredo.