Señor De Santiago Group

At early hours of the morning, still at dawn, in the "Las Mañaneras" market (The Early Risers market, which is so named because products are only sold there between 5-10 a.m.), located on Tumusia street in La Paz, ten women sell clothing, which they make and design themselves. They sell these products both retail and wholesale. These women form part of the "Señor de Santiago" association, which belongs to the main group of Villa Tejana. They work in a disciplined way, and they say that they need to increase their capital to purchase special machinery and to expand their shops so they can increase their production and obviously their profits for the good of themselves and their large families.

Translated from Spanish by Tanya Harper, Kiva volunteer

A tempranas horas de la mañana, aun de madrugada, en la feria “Las Mañaneras” (denominada así por que la venta de productos solo se la realiza de 5am a 10am) ubicada en la calle Tumusla de la ciudad de La Paz, mas de diez mujeres se dedican a la comercialización de ropa, esta, confeccionada y diseñada por ellas mismas. Productos que los venden al por mayor y menor. Estas señoras forman parte de la asociación “Señor de Santiago” que pertenece al centro focal de Villa Tejada, trabajando de manera disciplinada afirman que necesitan aumentar su capital para la compra de maquinaria especial, y para ampliar sus talleres de esta manera aumenta su producción y obviamente sus ganancias para el bien de ellas y de sus numerosas familias.


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