Edith Del Socorro Bermúdez Trejos

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Edith Del Socorro Bermúdez Trejos by CEPRODEL in Nicaragua. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 22 months, CEPRODEL will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

This Kiva Fellow had the good fortune to interview Edith Del Socorro Bermúdez Trejos at her children's clothing store in Masaya, a city famous for its artisans and residents proud of their reputation as fierce fighters earned from many centuries of uprisings against the Spanish, American mercenary and confederate William Walker (who appointed himself president of Nicaragua), the U.S. Marines and Somoza's National Guard.

A mother of a two-year-old, Doña Edith opened her store three years ago with the help and backing of her sister-in-law who has a children's clothing store in Managua. Called "Fashion Infantil," the store is located in the front of her parents' house and sells baby clothes for infants and toddlers plus sheets, baby bath tubs and toys. Edith is paying back her loan with Kiva partner CEPRODEL. She studied international relations at the Universidad de CentroAmerica and lives in her own house.

In the future, she would like to sell strollers and portable cribs. She thanks Kiva lenders for supporting her business and family.

About CEPRODEL:

Founded in 1991, the Centro de Promoción del Desarrollo Local (CEPRODEL) is a nonprofit organization (NGO) based in Managua that provides socioeconomic development programs in rural and urban communities to help alleviate poverty throughout western Nicaragua. More than 75% of CEPRODEL's Kiva loans are to women. If you enjoyed this journal and would like to receive occasional updates on the work CEPRODEL is doing Join the Fans of CEPRODEL Kiva Lending Team , make another loan to a CEPRODEL client if available, and/or tune into the next episode of the novela, "As the Microfinance Mundo Turns," on the Kiva Fellows Blog.