Las Tres Estrellas Group

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to the Las Tres Estrellas group, consisting of Juana, Bertha Filomena, Gladys, Maria Aurelia, Justa, Matha Aurelia, Cecilia, Segundina, Cecilia Sabina, Juana Celia, Rosalia, Janethe, Constancia by Fundación Agrocapital, a partner of ACDI/VOCA in Bolivia. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 5 months, Fundación Agrocapital, a partner of ACDI/VOCA will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

Las Tres Estrellas took out their fourth loan today, so it was an opportune time to reflect on the impact of their prior loan with AgroCapital. All of the women agreed that their businesses had grown in a significant way. One woman shared that her sewing business had grown substantially since she was able to buy more cloth to make tablecloths.

Rosalia, an energetic and enterprising woman who runs an Internet cafe with phone services, was eager to talk about her business. With the past loan, she was able to buy another computer, which has increased the number of clients that come to her store. With the new loan, she plans to expand her business even more and open a second store in a different part of El Alto, Bolivia. She has reinvested the extra income from her business into growing her business even more.

Juana makes upholstery with a machine that she was able to buy with a prior loan. In addition, she used part of her loan to pay for the exportation of living room furniture to different cities in Bolivia. She is happy with the way her business has been growing and hopes to buy another machine with her new loan.

The women were joking and laughing with each other the whole time, but were serious and responsible when it came to their loans. They are all looking forward to growing their businesses more in the future.