Kuña Pyapy Mbarete Group

This group was formed in the Constitución neighborhood in the city of Caaguazú. Eighteen women came together who have a big enterprising spirit and the desire to work together in a supportive manner to be responsible for a credit, with the goal of changing their lives in a personal and economic way. They are hard-working, determined women with a lot of hope for change. They are women of scarce resources who live a daily fight to support their family. With the help of their husbands, they have the enthusiasm and the desire to get ahead economically.
Each one of them is requesting a loan between 300,000 and 500,000 guaranís ($62 to $104). The activities that these women carry out are:

María Nidia Rojas Rios: Seamstress
Saturnina Maidana: Furniture sales
Lucia Mabel Gómez: Street vendor
Norma Beatriz Rojas: Street vendor
Rosalba Solis Peralta: Street vendor
Costancia Leiva: Street vendor
Gricelda González: Street vendor
Victorina Ojeda Amarilla: Home remedy sales
Marciana Britez Irala: Fruit and vegetable sales
Dionicia Echeverría: Grocery store
Sonia Narcisa Rojas Rios: Street vendor
Claudelina Medina Báez: Fruit and vegetable sales
Maria Hilda Melgarejo: Street vendor
Antonia Martínez: Fruit and vegetable sales
Ana Gómez Cáceres: Street vendor
Nilse Ramona Aguilera; Carpentry
Crisilda Olmedo Noguera: Street vendor
Bernarda Rios Nuñez: Street vendor

Each woman who is a member of this group has a specific job, and the loan will be used in an individual manner by each of them. The street vendors will buy more merchandise to sell such as: items for the home, sheets, flower pots, bedspreads, clothing, shoes, tablecloths, toys, etc. Those with stores will purchase products that they need for their businesses: fruits, vegetables, home remedies, cider, bread, meat, etc.

Translated from Spanish by Tanya Harper, Kiva Volunteer

Este grupo se formo en el Barrio Constitución de la Ciudad de Caaguazú, se juntaron 18 señoras que poseen un gran espíritu emprendedor y deseo de trabajar en conjunto a ayudarse de forma solidaria y a ser responsables por un crédito, con el fin de un cambio en sus vidas en forma personal y económico.
Son personas trabajadoras, luchadoras y con mucha esperanza de cambio. Son Señoras de escasos recursos que viven una lucha diaria para mantener a su familia, con ayuda de sus maridos las mismas tienen el entusiasmo y muchas ganas de superarse económicamente.
Solicitan créditos con montos entre gs. 300.000 y gs. 500.000, cada una. El detalle de actividades que realizan es como sigue:
María Nidia Rojas Rios Modista
Saturnina Maidana Mueblería
Lucia Mabel Gómez Vendedora ambulante
Norma Beatriz Rojas Vendedora ambulante
Rosalba Solis Peralta Vendedora ambulante
Costancia Leiva Vendedora ambulante
Gricelda González Vendedora ambulante
Victorina Ojeda Amarilla Vendedora de remedios
Marciana Britez Irala Vendedora de Frutas y Verduras
Dionicia Echeverría Despensa
Sonia Narcisa Rojas Rios Vendedora ambulante
Claudelina Medina Báez Vendedora de Frutas y Verduras
Maria Hilda Melgarejo Vendedora ambulante
Antonia Martínez Vendedora de Frutas y Verduras
Ana Gómez Cáceres Vendedora ambulante
Nilse Ramona Aguilera Carpintería
Crisilda Olmedo Noguera Vendedora ambulante
Bernarda Rios Nuñez Vendedora ambulante

Cada Señora integrante de este grupo tiene un trabajo especifico, y el préstamo será utilizado en forma individual por las mismas, las vendedoras ambulantes para la compra de más mercaderías para vender como artículos para el hogar, sábanas, macetas, colchas, ropas, zapatos, manteles, juguetes, entre otros. Las almaceneras para comprar productos que ya le están faltando en su negocio: frutas, verduras, remedios caseros o de venta libre, sidra, pan dulce, carnes, etc.



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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