Claudia Alberto Cruz


Status: Paid Back

$1,025.00   Loan Request
$1,025.00   Paid Back

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Claudia Alberto Cruz
Location: Yunguyo-puno, Peru
Activity: Retail

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $1,025.00
Loan Use: Purchase three sacks of Peruvian hot peppers
Repayment Term: 6 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Oct 2, 2008
Date Disbursed: Oct 16, 2008
Date Funded:Oct 2, 2008
Loan Ended:Mar 16, 2009

About the Country

Country:Peru
Avg Annual Income:$6,715.00
Currency:Peru Nuevos Soles (PEN)
Exchange Rate:2.9800 PEN = 1 USD



Claudia is a 43-year-old married mother of 3 daugthers ages 22 (married), 18, and 16 (both single). She completed elementary school and lives in Acari, in the district and province of Yunguyo Ð Puno.


She is one of the senior members of the “Fe y Alegría" (Faith and Happiness) microfinance institute in Yunguyo. In the beginning, she obtained a 300.00 PEN loan with which she purchased about 200 lbs of Peruvian hot peppers. Ms. Claudia tells us that her father passed away when she was 7 years old, so due to the lack of financial resources, she had to work as a housekeeper in the city of Lima from age 12 through age 18. She saved up her money and established a business buying onions and tomatoes in Puno, then selling them in Yunguyo. At 20 years of age, she got married. Ever since then, she and her husband started a Peruvian hot pepper business. They buy the peppers in the department of Tacna (Sama, Ite and Locumba) and sell them in the city of Desaguadero on Fridays.


With this loan of 3,000.00 PEN, which will be repaid in 4 monthly installments, she will purchase 3 sacks of top-quality Peruvian hot peppers, valued at 800.00 PEN, which will be sold in Desaguadero.


She dreams of owning a house in the city of Tacna, and would like for her children to receive an education and become professionals.

Translated from Spanish by Elizabeth Casian, Kiva Volunteer


Claudia tiene 43 años de edad, estudió primaria completa, es casada y progenitora de tres hijas de 22 años (casada) 18 y 16 años de edad (solteras). Vive en el Centro Poblado de Acari, distrito y provincia de Yunguyo – Puno.

Es una de las socias antiguas del Banco Comunal “Fe y Alegría”- Yunguyo. Al inicio obtuvo un crédito de S/.300 Nuevos Soles, con el que compró 02 quintales de ají. Doña Claudia manifiesta que a los 07 años de edad quedó huérfana de padre, por falta de medios económicos a los 12 años de edad hasta los 18 años de edad trabajaba como empleada del hogar en la ciudad de Lima, ahorró su dinero y se vino a realizar negocio de cebolla y tomate que compraba en Puno y vendía en Yunguyo. A los 20 años de edad se casó, desde entonces empezaron el negocio de la venta de ají, que compran en el Departamento de Tacna (Sama, Ite, Locumba). Vende en la ciudad de Desaguadero los viernes.

Con este crédito de S/.3,000 Nuevos Soles, el cual será pagao en 04 cuotas, comprará 03 sacos de ají, cada saco está valorizado en S/.800 Nuevos Soles (ají de primera), que será comercializado en Desaguadero.

Su sueño es tener una casa en la ciudad de Tacna y que sus hijos estudien y sean profesionales.

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Journal entries for Claudia Alberto Cruz


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Claudia Alberto Cruz
Location: Yunguyo-puno, Peru

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Claudia Alberto Cruz by Manuela Ramos / CrediMUJER in Peru. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 4 months, Manuela Ramos / CrediMUJER will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Yunguyo-puno, Peru
Oct 16, 2008
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Update on Claudia Alberto Cruz
 
Entrepreneur: Claudia Alberto Cruz
Location: Yunguyo-puno, Peru

Claudia Alberto Cruz is a married mother of three young women and has paid back 75% of her most recent loan of $1,025 from the MFI, Manuela Ramos. With this loan, Claudia purchased sacks of chili peppers and has been selling them at the nearby markets in Yunguyo and Desaguadero, in area of Puno, Peru. Unfortunately, Claudia has suffered from Peru’s current bad economy and had to take a loss in the selling of the chilies. She hopes that her business will start doing better soon and would love to be able to afford a house in Tacna, in the South coast of Peru, and fertilizer to grow her own crops with her husband. She would also like to help send her girls to University and give them opportunities she never had.


Posted by Emily Sweeney from Yunguyo-puno, Peru
Mar 9, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Claudia Alberto Cruz

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
January 2009 $256.25 $256.25 Repayment Received
February 2009 $256.25 $256.25 Repayment Received
March 2009 $256.25 $256.25 Repayment Received
April 2009 $256.25 $256.25 Repayment Received