Tzolojya Group


Status: Paid Back

$4,725.00   Loan Request
$4,725.00   Paid Back

About the Group

Group Name: Tzolojya Group
Group Members: Santos Ajcalon
Pabla Saminez
Rebeca Poncio
Juana Pich
Jesus Yaxon
Isabel Bocel
Matea Tuiz
Vicenta Ajcalon
Tomasa Pich (not pictured)
Francisca Saminez
Rosita Chumil
Anita Chipin
Location: Solola, Guatemala
Activity: Clothing Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $4,725.00
Loan Use: Purchasing clothing to sell; purchasing beads for making jewelry; purchasing corn for making tortillas and supplies for tamale production; purchasing vegetables.
Repayment Term: 15 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Jun 1, 2008
Date Disbursed: Jun 16, 2008
Date Funded:Jun 2, 2008
Loan Ended:Sep 17, 2009

About the Country

Country:Guatemala
Avg Annual Income:$4,155.00
Currency:Guatemala Quetzales (GTQ)
Exchange Rate:7.4100 GTQ = 1 USD



The members of the Tzolojya group come from the regional capital of Sololá. As you can see in the photo, all of the members are Kachikel Maya. The Kachikel Maya are one of Guatemala’s largest indigenous groups. The native language of the members is Kachikel, though the women can also speak Spanish perfectly. This is because they live in an area where there is much business and they interact with both indigenous people and Spanish speakers.



There are some successful businesswomen in the Tzolojya communal bank. Citibank awarded one of them with a prize for the best woman-owned small business in Guatemala for 2007. She makes beaded jewelry for a living. At the moment she has the help of five other artisans who support her in her business.



The participating members invest their loans in different areas. For example, there are businesswomen who invest their loan in purchasing American, Guatemalan, or traditional clothing for resale in Sololá. Others invest in their tortilla shops. Tortillas are a basic staple of the Guatemalan diet, so there is always much demand for them. One woman purchases vegetables in the Sololá market, rents a pick-up truck, and then goes to Quiché to sell the produce. Another woman gets up very early in the morning to buy vegetables from the farmers in the market and then sells the vegetables during the course of the day. One member makes approximately a thousand tamales and chuchitos (small Guatemalan tamales) a day, which she sells on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.



One of the women dreams of seeing her business grow to the point where it will generate sufficient income for her to open a retirement account at the bank. Many other members wish for their businesses to grow so that they will have the income to support their children’s development.

Translated from Spanish by Chris Knutson, Kiva Volunteer



Las integrantes del grupo Tzolojya provienen de la cabecera departamental de Sololá. Como se puede ver en la foto, todas las integrantes son Mayas- Kachikeles. Los Mayas- Kachikeles es uno de los grupos indígenas más numerosos de Guatemala. La lengua materna de las integrantes es el Kachikel, sin embargo las señoras se comunican perfectamente en el español. Esto se debe a que viven en un área donde hay mucho comercio y se mezclan indígenas y hispano hablantes.

En el banco comunal Tzolojya uno puede encontrar empresarias exítosas. Una de ellas ganó el premio otorgado por el Citibank a la mejor micro empresaria de Guatemala del año 2007. Ella se dedica a la producción de joyas de mostacilla. Por el momento ella cuenta con la ayuda de cinco otras artesanas que la apoyan con su negocio.

Las clientes participantes invierten sus créditos en distintas áreas. Por ejemplo hay empresarias que invierten su crédito en la compra de ropa americana, Guatemalteca o típica para su reventa en Sololá. Otras invierten en sus tortillerías. Las tortillas es un alimento básico de la dieta de la población Guatemalteca, es por eso que tienen una mucha demanda. Hay una señora que compra las verduras en el mercado de Sololá, alquila un pick up, y se va a vender sus productos al Quiche. Otra señora se levanta muy temprano en la mañana le compra las verduras a los agricultores en el mercado y vende las verduras durante el transcurso del día. Una de las clientas produce aproximadamente mil tamales y chuchitos al día y estos los vende todos los martes, viernes y domingo.

El sueño de una de las clientas es el de ver sus negocios crecer al punto donde este pueda generar los suficientes ingresos para que ella pueda abrir una cuenta de pensiones en el banco. El sueño de muchas de las clientas es el de que su negocio crezca para que con los ingresos ellas puedan apoyar el desarrollo de sus hijos.


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In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a group of individuals bound by a group guarantee. Under this arrangement, each member of the group supports one another and is responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members if someone is delinquent or defaults. Learn more


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Journal entries for Tzolojya Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Tzolojya Group
Location: Solola, Guatemala

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to the Tzolojya group, consisting of Anita Chipin, Rosita Chumil, Francisca Saminez, Tomasa Pich, Vicenta Ajcalon, Matea Tuiz, Isabel Bocel, Jesus Yaxon, Juana Pich, Rebeca Poncio, Pabla Saminez, Santos Ajcalon 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.


Posted by from Solola, Guatemala
Jun 17, 2008
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Tzolojya Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
September 2008 $363.46 $364.00 Repayment Received
October 2008 $363.46 $364.00 Repayment Received
November 2008 $363.46 $364.00 Repayment Received
December 2008 $363.46 $364.00 Repayment Received
January 2009 $363.46 $361.31 Repayment Received
February 2009 $363.46 $363.46 Repayment Received
March 2009 $363.46 $363.46 Repayment Received
April 2009 $363.46 $363.46 Repayment Received
May 2009 $363.46 $363.46 Repayment Received
June 2009 $363.46 $363.46 Repayment Received
July 2009 $363.46 $363.46 Repayment Received
August 2009 $363.46 $363.46 Repayment Received
September 2009 $363.48 $363.47 Repayment Received