Lucianitas Group


Status: Paid Back

$3,025.00   Loan Request
$3,025.00   Paid Back

About the Group

Group Name: Lucianitas Group
Group Members: Paula Soben
Catarina Balux
Juana Ulario
Maria De Leon
Ana Balux
Dalia Ren
Hilda Monrroy
Catarina Alvarado
Angela De Leon
Virginia Balux
Location: Santa Clara La Laguna, Solola, Guatemala
Activity: Crafts

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $3,025.00
Loan Use: To buy beads and thread to produce belts.
Repayment Term: 15 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Jun 23, 2008
Date Disbursed: Jul 9, 2008
Date Funded:Jun 25, 2008
Loan Ended:Oct 3, 2009

About the Country

Country:Guatemala
Avg Annual Income:$4,155.00
Currency:Guatemala Quetzales (GTQ)
Exchange Rate:7.4700 GTQ = 1 USD



The Lucianitas group come come from the Paquip village, which is situated in the municipality of Santa Clara. The only way to reach this location is by travelling to the Palestina canton by a microbus, before walking for 45 minutes. However, when I went there for the interview, I had to walk another 45 minutes in the rain, as the bus driver didn't reach Palestina, and so I had to walk to the center of Santa Clara. This was an incredible experience, as I was walking through the green mountains surrounded by a deep calm.


All of the Lucianitas manufacture belts from beads. These belts are used by indigenous women to decorate their materials or long skirts. The Lucianitas sell the belts to traders who come to Paquip to collect the goods. Together with their respective families, this group of women work very hard to earn their daily bread.
Each belt sells at US$6 and it takes one person a whole day to produce one belt.


These women usually work alone and are helped by their daughters after they arrive home from school and do their homework. In Paquip, all girls start producing these belts from the age of 9.


The Lucianitas have been working together for 6 years. During this time, the clients have achieved a unique harmony. This harmony is due to the courtesy of the women. Furthermore, all of these years they have felt very comfortable with the credit agent Gloria Cholotio and also with The Friendship Bridge. They say that they like the Friendship Bridge because an alternative local loan would be very expensive, with monthly fees of up to 10%.


The dream of the Lucianitas is to see their children complete school and maybe even university. They all support their childrens' education. They see that their children have the opportunity to get an education that they never had. It's because of this that they blindly support the development of their families and we really ought to do the same.

Translated from [Spanish] by [Lisa Ritchie], Kiva Volunteer.


Las Lucianitas provienen de la aldea Paquip ubicada en el municipio de Santa Clara. La única manera de llegar a este lugar es llegar al cantón de Palestina en un microbús y luego caminar por 15 minutos. Sin embargo cuando yo fui a la entrevista tuve que caminar 45 minutos bajo la lluvia, ya que el conductor de los microbuses no llegaron a Palestina y tuve que caminar hasta el centro de Santa Clara. Esta fue una experiencia realmente increíble ya que estaba caminando al medio de las montañas verdes rodeado por una paz única.

Todas las Lucianitas elaboran cinturones a base de mostacilla. Estos cinturones son utilizados por las mujeres indígenas para adornar sus cortes o faldas largas. Ellas venden sus cinturones a los intermediarios que vienen a Paquip a recoger la mercadería. Junto con sus respectivas familias este grupo de mujeres trabajan muy duro para ganarse el pan de cada día. Para elaborar un cinturón una persona se demora un día entero y venden cada uno a US$6. Lamentablemente, el intermediario se lleva gran parte de la ganancia.

Usualmente estas mujeres trabajan solas y cuando sus hijas llegan del colegio las ayudan a elaborar las cintas después de hacer sus tareas. En Paquip todas las niñas empiezan a elaborar estos cinturones desde que tienen 9 años de edad.

Las Lucianitas han venido trabajando juntos por 6 años. Durante este tiempo las clientas han logrado una armonía única. Esta armonía se debe a que todas las señoras son cumplidas. Además, todos estos años ellas se han sentido muy cómodas con la agente de crédito Gloria Cholotio y con la institución. Ellas dicen que les gusta Friendship Bridge porque un prestamista local les cobra muy caro, esto puede llegar hasta un 10% al mes.

El sueño de las Lucianitas es de ver a sus hijos graduarse del colegio y porque no la universidad. Todas ellas apoyan la educación de sus hijos. Ellas sienten que sus hijos tienen la oportunidad de educarse que ellas no tuvieron o no le ofrecieron. Es por eso que ellas ciegamente apoyan el desarrollo de sus familias y ¡nosotros deberíamos de hacer lo mismo!


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Journal entries for Lucianitas Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Lucianitas Group
Location: Santa Clara La Laguna, Solola, Guatemala

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to the Lucianitas group, consisting of Virginia Balux, Angela De Leon, Catarina Alvarado, Hilda Monrroy, Dalia Ren, Ana Balux, Maria De Leon, Juana Ulario, Catarina Balux, Paula Soben 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 Santa Clara La Laguna, Solola, Guatemala
Jul 10, 2008
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Lucianitas Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
October 2008 $232.69 $233.00 Repayment Received
November 2008 $232.69 $233.00 Repayment Received
December 2008 $232.69 $233.00 Repayment Received
January 2009 $232.69 $231.77 Repayment Received
February 2009 $232.69 $232.69 Repayment Received
March 2009 $232.69 $232.69 Repayment Received
April 2009 $232.69 $232.69 Repayment Received
May 2009 $232.69 $232.69 Repayment Received
June 2009 $232.69 $232.69 Repayment Received
July 2009 $232.69 $232.69 Repayment Received
August 2009 $232.69 $232.69 Repayment Received
September 2009 $232.69 $232.68 Repayment Received
October 2009 $232.72 $232.72 Repayment Received