Mujeres Para El Futuro Group

The committee is comprised of 15 female workers from the town of San Francisco in the city of Caacupe. They are mainly dedicated to the making of Chipas, a local dish of the country. The group is actually in the their seventh cycle of the this program, with its beginning and organization mainly attributed to the work of Mrs. Teresa Martinez, who initially was the coordinator of the group, and in her home organized the very first group meetings.

All are neighbors in this area, and one of the virtues of the committee is to carry on tradition by organizing committee programs. This is demonstrated by their routinely successful repayment rate of their loans. On top of that, they have been able to save thanks to the activities that they hold every weekend offering food, raffles, games, and more. All of the members receive a portion of 833,000 guarani (aprox $200usd), and they invest it into the activities previously mentioned. They all have specific activities that they develop in order to increase their profits, in addition to being homemakers. Among the things that they partake in doing is to be Chipas vendors, which is the most popular activity since 11 of the member partake in the sale of this very popular national dish. Two of them have small stores, and the last two sell clothing.

The committee’s objective in the month of August is to gather all of the children from the neighborhood together for Children’s Day and have a fair for them with games and entertainment.

Translated from Spanish by James Lombardo, Kiva Volunteer

El comité está compuesto por 15 señoras trabajadoras del barrio San Francisco de la ciudad de Caacupé, que en su mayoría se dedican a la elaboración y venta de chipas, actualmente el grupo ya está en su 7 ciclo del programa comité de mujeres y sus inicios y su conformación se debió a la gran colaboración que brindo la señora Teresa Martínez, quien inicialmente fue la coordinadora del grupo y en su domicilio se realizó las primeras reuniones del comité.

Todas son vecinas del barrio, y una de las virtudes de este comité el buen cumplimiento de las normas y reglamento del programa de comité de mujeres emprendoras, y esta demostrado por su buen cumplimiento en el pago de sus cuotas, además poseen un ahorro gracias a las actividades que realizan cada fin de semana como ser feria de comidas, rifas, torneos deportivos, entre otras actividades.

Todas las integrantes reciben un promedio de gs. 833.000 y lo invierten para la producción de sus productos descriptos más arriba. Todas tienen actividades que desarrollan para aumentar el ingreso de sus hogares, además de ser amas de casa. Entra esas actividades tenemos vendedoras de chipas que es la actividad más popular de este comité ya que 11 de las integrantes se dedican a la venta de esta comida típica muy consumida en nuestro país. Dos de ellas poseen despensas y las dos últimas se dedican a la venta de ropas.

El comité tiene como objetivo este mes de Agosto la de juntar a todos los niños de la cuadra y el día del niño ofrecerle una chocolatada, incluidos algunos juegos infantiles.

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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