Llilda

Llilda is a young lady who is very happy and she is 37 years old. She lives with her husband and her daughter Dayana, 17, and her daughter Angelica, 14, and her young nephew who is one year old. She has been in charge of taking care her nephew since he was a baby. Llilda and her husband have made a living in the transportation business for the past 3 years. He is a driver and he drives a small bus that they own. He has different routes throughout the city of Lima, such as Villa Estela y Ancon, which is swimming area at the beach that is visited by many people during summer. Llilda is in charge of the financial aspect of the business and her husband drives the bus all day. She also sells cosmetic products. She spends a lot of time selling the cosmetics and she is able to earn extra income for her family. She loves to work and she is very charismatic, which helps to to convince her customers to buy products from her. However, the bus provides the family with their main source of income. Thanks to her and her husband's hard work they were able to buy another minibus, but it needs some repairs. With this money she will repair the minibus and will rent it out to a husband and wife that she is friends with. The husband will work as the driver and the wife will work collecting the money.

(Translated by Dorian of San Roque High School)

Translated from Spanish by San Roque School, Kiva Volunteer

Llilda es una mujer muy alegre, tiene 37 años, vive con su conviviente, sus hijas Dayana de 17, Rosa Angélica de 14 y su pequeño sobrino de 1 añito de edad, el cual está a su cuidado desde bebé. Llilda y su esposo se dedican al servicio de transporte de pasajeros desde hace 3 años, él es chofer y maneja un minibus tipo coaster (propio) con rutas a diferentes distritos de la ciudad de Lima, como Villa Estela y Ancon, este último es un balneario muy visitado en época de verano. Llilda administra los ingresos y egresos, mientras su esposo se dedica netamente al manejo. Adicionalmente, ella vende cosméticos, negocio al cual le dedica una buena cantidad de su tiempo, ya que es un buen complemento y le proporciona ingresos extra para su hogar. A Llilda le agrada mucho trabajar, ya que posee un gran carisma, y con el cual convence a sus clientas para que le compren los productos que ofrece, por otro lado su coaster es el medio principal de sostenimiento de su familia y gracias a su trabajo y al de su esposo, pudieron comprar otro minibus, el cual presenta algunas fallas. Con el dinero que solicita refaccionará este minibus que alquilará a una pareja de esposos amiga para que trabajen en ese carro, de chofer y cobradora respectivamente, también haciendo transporte público local de pasajeros.

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