A loan helped to purchase perfumes, cosmetics, creams, etc.


María Elena's story

The Hermano Gregorio loan group meets every two weeks in the Jocay neighborhood of the city of Manta, a city known for its lovely beaches that are highly visited all year round and for being a city with unequaled beauty with many tourist attractions.

Maria lives in this place. She is 44 years old, married, and in this relationship has two children, ages 20 and 12, who are university and secondary school students and still live in her house. Her husband is a security guard.

María is a woman who likes to help herself to get her own resources and in this way help her husband with the household expenses and their children's education, so she works in sales. She is a Avon commission agent (beauty products, cosmetics, creams, perfumes, and costume jewelry). She has over 120 people under her, who she has to stock with products according to their sales. She also sells in her free time and in this way earns something extra. She has been doing this work for more than 8 years, which she hopes to continue improving and more with the help of the loans.

This loan will be used to purchase perfumes, cosmetics, creams and other products. She has been in the loan group for 3 loan cycles and she likes it because the loans are quick and needed. Her dreams are to continue improving her life and giving her family the best.

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Wendy H.


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