Antonio Lugo Tejada

Antonio Lugo Tejada is a married man with four children who lives in Los Alcarrizos. Before beginning the loan process with Esperanza Internacional, Antonio had a little convenience store in the patio space of his house. Despite having a business, he was still struggling to support his family. After only two loans, of 10,000 and 20,000 pesos respectively, Antonio estimates that his convenience store has grown by about 40%.

With the income that he has generated from his convenience store, Antonio has been able to provide for his family and even buy his own motorcycle. Despite the rapid growth of this business, Antonio still has many things that he would like to accomplish.

Right now he is saving money to extend his house by walling in the patio that contains his convenience store with concrete. At present, the wall consists of a metal gate, which although still difficult to penetrate, is easier to enter than a concrete wall. Because there is so much theft in the neighborhood, Antonio wants to make sure that a robbery does not happen to him.

The money he receives from his next loan will mostly go towards expanding his business with more merchandise. He would particularly like to provide telephone cards for his customers. In the long run, once he has finally made his convenience store profitable enough, Antonio would like to move his convenience store out of his house and into its own building.

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