Las Novatas (cuenca) Group

Status: Paying Back

$2,200
Loan Request
Pre-Disbursed : Aug 20, 2009
Listed: Sep 15, 2009
Funded: Sep 21, 2009
66% repaid

About the Country

Country:Ecuador
Avg Annual Income:$4,776
Currency:United States Dollars (USD)


In this Group:
ROSA MARIA MOGROVEJO PERALTA, MARTHA YOLANDA LOJANO MOGROVEJO, MARIA ISABEL QUINDE GUANUQUIZA, LOURDES DE LA NUBE ZHISPON PERALTA, CARMEN ESPERANZA ZHIZHPON PERALTA, ROSA SILVANA LOJANO MOGROVEJO , BLANCA ROSALIA MOGROVEJO PERALTA

About the Loan

Location: Cuenca, Ecuador   Repayment Term: 8 months
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Activity: Animal Sales   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: Buy chickens, vitamins and food to raise them, and to expand their businesses   Currency Exchange Loss: N/A
      Default Protection: Covered
The Las Novatas Communal Bank is located in the city of Cuenca. It is a very beautiful city, being the cultural heritage of humanity. It is the third most important city in Ecuador. Its climate is cold, but the heart of our people is very warm. They are kind and hospitable people with their own and with strangers.

This bank is make up of seven members who are very good friends. They have known each other for years, and they have united to form a communal bank, look for self improvement, and have a more decent life for themselves and their families. The members live in different central parts of the city of Cuenca. Following are their statements.

María Isabel Quinde is a member of the Las Novatas Communal Bank. She lives in the urban region of the city of Cuenca. María Isabel is 40; and she has four children, 22, 21, 16, and 8. Her first child is married and lives independently with his family. Her second child studies at CEDEC, and he works for his personal expenses. The other two children are in elementary and high school. María Isabel’s husband emigrated to the exterior, and he sends them money to pay some of the household expenses. They do not have their own house; they rent.

María Isabel raises chickens. She has been doing this for two years, and it is going very well. She tells us that with her business she pays debts. With the small earnings that she gets, she increases her business to make it more productive.

This is her third cycle working with her communal bank. She is very grateful for all of the benefits she has.

With the loan received she will buy more chicks, food, and vitamins for her chickens, and increase her business.

María Isabel’s dream is to have her own house to give her children tranquility.

Rosa María Mogrovejo Peralta is one of the happiest members of the Novatas Communal Bank. She lives in the urban region of the city of Cuenca. She is 39, married, and has six children. They are 25, 22, 20, 18, 15, and 13. Her first two children are married and have their own families. The four youngest children go to school and work for their expenses. Her husband emigrated to the exterior. Due to the world crisis, he sends them money only when he can. She does not have her own house; she rents.

Rosa raises chickens. She has had the business for three years, and it is going very well because she has orders from fixed customers. When she has time, she works in her son’s upholstery shop.

This is her third cycle with the Fundación Espor. She is very proud of the improvement she has made thanks to the loans she received. With the loan from the Foundation she will buy food for the chickens because she wants to expand the business.

Her dream is to have a business selling wood and to expand her chicken business to give her children a better future.

Lourdes de la Nube Zhispun Peralta is a member of the Novatas Communal Bank. She lives in the Medio Ejido area, an urban region of the city of Cuenca. She is happily married, 29, and she has four children. She is three months pregnant with her fifth child. She tells us that this pregnancy is giving her some complications, and she has to spend more time resting. She lives in a rented house. Her husband works in an upholstery shop. They are a stable family.

Lourdes works in her own beauty station. She knows a lot about cuts and styles that are in fashion because she has worked in this area of beauty for 14 years. She has 12 years of experience. She has her own customers. She has worked in her own business for seven months because she bought the place.

This is her third loan with the Foundation. She is very happy because the money the Foundation loans her pays for the installments on her place. She also gets more beauty products to put in her showcase.

Her goal is to expand her beauty location and open other branches.



Translated from Spanish by Ginny Kalish, Kiva Volunteer


El Banco Comunal Las Novatas está ubicado en la ciudad de Cuenca, es una ciudad muy hermosa siendo patrimonio cultural de la humanidad y, la tercera ciudad más importante de Ecuador, su clima es frio pero el corazón de nuestra gente es muy cálido pues son personas muy amables y hospitalarias con propios y extraños.

Este banco está integrado por siete socias que son muy buenas amigas y conocidas de hace muchos años que se han unido para formar su banco comunal y buscar la superación personal y tener una vida más digna para ellas y sus familias, las socias viven en diferentes partes céntricas de la ciudad de Cuenca; a continuación testimonios de la socias.

La señora María Isabel Quinde es socia del banco comunal Las Novatas, vive dentro de la zona urbana de la ciudad de Cuenca; María Isabel tiene 40 años de edad y ha concebido 4 hijos de 22, 21, 16, 8 años de edad, su primer hijo es casado y vive independientemente con su familia, su segundo hijo estudia en el CEDEC y trabaja para sus gastos personales, sus otros dos hijos aun están en primaria y secundaria. El esposo de María Isabel emigro al exterior y les envía dinero para solventar en algo los gastos de la casa, no tienen casa propia y viven arrendando.

María Isabel se dedica a la crianza de pollos, lleva trabajando 2 años en esta actividad y le va muy bien, nos cuenta que con su negocio paga las deudas y con las pocas ganancias que obtiene incrementa su negocio para así hacerle más fructífero.

Este es su tercer ciclo trabajando junto a su banco comunal y le agrada mucho todos los beneficios que obtiene.

Con el préstamo obtenido va a comprar más crías, comida y vitaminas para sus pollos e ir incrementando su negocio.

El sueño de María Isabel es tener su casa propia para darles tranquilidad a sus hijos.

La señora Rosa María Mogrovejo Peralta es una de las socias más alegres del banco Comunal las Novatas, Rosa vive en la zona urbana de la ciudad de Cuenca, tiene 39 años de edad, está casada y fruto de su amor procreo 6 hijos de 25, 22, 20, 18, 15, 13 años de edad, sus dos primeros hijos están casados y formaron su propia familia; sus 4 hijos menores estudian y trabajan para sus gastos; su esposo emigro al exterior y debido a la crisis mundial que existe les envía dinero solo cuando puede, no tiene casa propia por lo que vive arrendando.

Rosa se dedica a la crianza de pollos lleva tres años en el negocio y le va muy bien porque tiene entregas a clientes fijos y cuando tiene tiempo trabaja en el taller de tapicería de su hijo.

Es su tercer ciclo junto a la Fundación Espoir, está muy orgullosa de la superación que ha obtenido gracias a los créditos obtenidos. Con el préstamo que la fundación le entrega lo va ha invertir en la compra y alimento de pollos por que desea ampliar su negocio.

Su sueño es tener un negocio de venta de madera y ampliar su negocio de pollos para darles un futuro mejor a sus hijos.
La señora Lourdes de la Nube Zhispun Peralta es socia del Bankito Comunal las Novatas, ella vive en el sector de Medio Ejido una zona urbana de la Ciudad de Cuenca, se encuentra felizmente casada, tiene 29 años de edad y 4, y se encuentra embarazada de tres meses de su quinto hijo, nos cuenta que este embarazo le está dando un poco de complicaciones por lo que tiene que estar un mayor tiempo en repos; vive arrendando, su esposo trabaja en una tapicería y forman una familia estable.

Lourdes trabaja en un gabinete de belleza de su propiedad, es muy conocedora de los cortes y peinados que se encuentran a la moda, por que trabaja en esta rama de la belleza desde que tenía 14 años de edad, ya son 12 años de experiencia, tiene su propia clientela, trabaja en su negocio propio hace 7 meses por que se compro el local.

Este es su tercer crédito en la fundación y se encuentra muy contenta porque con el dinero que la fundación le presta paga las letras de su local y adquiere más productos para llenar su vitrina con productos de belleza.

Su meta es de ampliar su local de belleza y abrir otras sucursales.




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Journal entries for Las Novatas (cuenca) Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Las Novatas (cuenca) Group
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Las Novatas (cuenca) Group, consisting of ROSA MARIA MOGROVEJO PERALTA, MARTHA YOLANDA LOJANO MOGROVEJO, MARIA ISABEL QUINDE GUANUQUIZA, LOURDES DE LA NUBE ZHISPON PERALTA, CARMEN ESPERANZA ZHIZHPON PERALTA, ROSA SILVANA LOJANO MOGROVEJO , BLANCA ROSALIA MOGROVEJO PERALTA by Fundación ESPOIR in Ecuador. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 5 months of this loan, Fundación ESPOIR will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Cuenca, Ecuador
Sep 22, 2009
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SEGUIMIENTO DEL BANCO NOVATAS
 
Entrepreneur: Las Novatas (cuenca) Group
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador

SRA. MARIA ISABEL QUINDE

La Sra. Maria Quinde ha invertido su préstamo en la compra de pollos, le fue bien con su negocio solo cuatro de los veinte pollos que compro se murieron, sus pollos vendió en la Feria Libre (mercado de Cuenca) y en su comunidad ya que sus conocidas le compran en su casa, con las ganancias a comprado mas pollos los que por el momento esta criando, no ha tenido ninguna dificultad en el pago de su crédito sintiedose tranquila y siente que se esta superando poco a poco, en su salud se encuentra un poco enferma con gripe y tos espera recuperarse pronto, en su familia todos se encuentra bien de salud, nos comenta que los prestamos le han beneficiado en su hogar y en el pago de unas pequeñas deudas.


Posted by Pedro Salvatierra from Cuenca, Ecuador
Nov 10, 2009
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SEGUIMIENTO DEL BANCO NOVATAS
 
Entrepreneur: Las Novatas (cuenca) Group
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador

SRA. LOURDES DE LA NUBE ZHISPON PERALTA

La Sra. Lourdes Zhispon ha invertido su dinero en la compra de productos para su gabinete, en su negocio le va bien porque tiene una clientela fija, se ha atrasado en el pago de su cuota porque se encuentra enferma por el problema de la gastritis que sufre y también se fracturo su pierna por lo que se encuentra delicada de su salud, en su familia todos se encuentran bien, con los prestamos que la fundación le ha entregado el han beneficiado en la ampliación de su negocio.


Posted by Pedro Salvatierra from Cuenca, Ecuador
Nov 10, 2009
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Field update from a Kiva Fellow
 
Entrepreneur: Las Novatas (cuenca) Group
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador

Once again, thank you for making a loan to a Kiva borrower in Ecuador. That loan was posted by one of Kiva's local field partners -- Fundación Espoir. The purpose of this message is to update you on how Kiva funds are impacting local entrepreneurs given recent in-country challenges and let you know how you can support Fundación Espoir's work to serve low-income men and women who live in marginalized urban and rural areas.

As a Kiva Fellow for the past three months, I have been responsible for working closely with my MFI to achieve a number of objectives to reach an ultimate goal of graduating Fundación Espoir from the Pilot stage to the Active stage on Kiva.org. On Kiva.org, MFIs need to pass certain requirements and demonstrate good Kiva practices in order to obtain Active status on the site. With pleasure, I'm proud to announce that it was accomplished on Friday, December 11. I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with the energetic staff at three of my MFI's offices: first in their main branch in Quito and then more closely with borrowers in the field in Manabi (Portoviejo) on the coast and Azuay (Cuenca) in the south.

I wanted to give you an update on how a major energy crisis has swept Ecuador since November 5, crippling many businesses. Daily power rationing in every zone of every town and city lasts between 3 and 5 hours every day. Half of Ecuador’s economic output is petroleum, but most is destined for foreign lands. Domestically, the country relies on hydroelectric power, and the nationwide drought and lack of alternative fuel sources have brought the country to a near-standstill. Coupled with the global financial crisis, the energy crunch has impacted further access to capital for many entrepreneurs, given slower demand for goods and services.

Examples of how Kiva borrowers have been affected are unfortunately easy to find from our interviews. For example, Felinda in Manta has a restaurant that needed to shut its doors in the evening for dinner, as she could not service her clients. Astromelia in Portoviejo could not use her computer nor print photos for clients using her digital printer when the power went out for 5 hours in the middle of a work day. In Cuenca, the drought itself is impacting the many agricultural businesses of Kiva borrowers such as Teresa who lives in the hills behind Cuenca. Many of her chickens and pigs purchased with a Kiva loan have passed away, and she is currently behind on her repayments to Fundación Espoir. Luckily, the government has stated that the crisis will be over and daily rationing will end before Christmas due to new deals signed with Peru and Colombia to supply energy to Ecuador. Many Kiva borrowers have stated that they are very eager to take orders for the holiday season and also cannot wait to see family members during this festive time of the year.

The staff at all three locations -- Quito, Portoviejo and Cuenca -- have been extremely welcoming, very open to my requests and have made me feel at home here in Ecuador. Coming back from the rural countryside at 8 or 9 pm at night is a regular occurrence since there are many community banks to visit every 15 days for repayments, and the staff do not complain; they relish the opportunity to support their fellow citizens and also spend time with one another, as they're definitely a happy bunch.

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Posted by Cynthia McMurry, Kiva Staff, from San Francisco, United States
Dec 15, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Las Novatas (cuenca) Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
November 2009 $366.66 $366.66 Repayment Received
December 2009 $366.66 $366.66 Repayment Received
January 2010 $366.66 $366.66 Repayment Received
February 2010 $366.66 $366.66 Repayment Received
March 2010 $366.66 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $366.70 Available Apr 1