Teofila

Teofila is 48 years old and lives with her fiancé and her 24-year-old daughter who helps her with her business. Since she was very young she has worked on a farm and she later began to raise cattle. Three years ago she decided to open a small grocery store and her neighbors are her customers. Unfortunately, she does not have enough money to fully stock her store. She really enjoys buying and selling products and being in direct contact with people, so she has decided to have others look after her cattle so that she can devote herself fully to the store. This is a good decision because the store is more profitable and less tiring than farming and cattle raising. But, the problem is that she does not have sufficient merchandise for her business. This is her second loan from Microfinanzas PRISMA, and she has not had a problem in repaying the first. With this loan she will increase her supply of basic foodstuffs and in this way will keep her store well-stocked.

Translated from Spanish by Kris Vickery, Kiva Volunteer

Teofila tiene 48 años, es conviviente con su segundo compromiso, vive con su hija de 24 años que es soltera y le ayuda a sus labores. Desde muy niña ha estada en la actividad de la chacra, y después se dedicó a pastear su ganado. Hace 3 años decidió abrir una bodeguita, sus vecinos son los clientes que consumen sus productos, pero por falta de dinero no está muy surtida su tienda. Esta actividad de comprar y vender productos y estar en contar en contacto directo con la gente a ella le agrada mucho, por ello ha decidido hacer pastar sus carneros con pastores, y se dedica a su negocio, ya que también lo ve muy rentable y menos cansado que la agricultura y el pastar carneros, su dificultad es que no tiene suficiente mercadería para surtir su negocio. Este es su segundo préstamo con MFP, no ha tenido dificultad de pago. Con todo el dinero que solicita va a incrementar los productos de primera necesidad y de ese modo poder tener muy bien surtida su bodega.

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