Mujeres Fuertes Group

Micheline Metellus is a young and highly-motivated female entrepreneur. Returning to our organization, Esperanza, to receive her second loan, she has proven that she not only has the ability to payback loans on time, but also that she is able to use loans to make significant improvements in her life. Selling pants, shirts, and blouses from her home, Micheline has been able to acquire inventory to establish this small business. She has also begun to save for the first time in her life. She plans to use her second loan to buy clothes in bulk from the nearby city of Santiago. Micheline said that her business is more important to her than ever now that she has her first child, a three-month-old girl, to care for.

Micheline leads a five-person group, Las Mujeres Fuertes. Each of these Haitian entrepreneurs lives in the Dominican Republic and supports the others so that each can access funding that they would never be able to receive on their own. The purpose of their group loan is reduce the risk of one person defaulting, as the others members gladly help cover one another’s payments so that all may receive their next loan together. These women have found work here in the Dominican Republic so that they can send money back to their families in Haiti. One of the women is running a small salon, one makes empenadas on the street, and the two others others sell clothing similar to Micheline.

On behalf of Micheline, Las Mujeres Fuertes, and the entire team here at Esperanza International, we thank you for your support and awareness of the issue of global poverty, and for your commitment to make a difference.



About Group Loans
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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