Las Morlaquitas(cuenca) Group

Status: Paying Back

$2,425
Loan Request
Pre-Disbursed : Sep 4, 2009
Listed: Oct 1, 2009
Funded: Oct 16, 2009
66% repaid

About the Country

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


In this Group:
LUISA NARCISA TORRES AYORA , SORAYA DE LOURDES ARIZAGA ARIAS , MARIA MERCEDES VEGA VALENCIA*, MARIA ANGELICA PLAZA TEPAN, LADI DIANA ZHIZHPON CHOCO, SILVIA RAMONA AREVALO BRITO , CONSTANCIA DE JESUS CHOCO TIRADO, NARCIZA DE JESUS GODOY FAJARDO, MARIA DEL ROCIO GUZHÑAY ZHAGUI
* not pictured

About the Loan

Location: Cuenca, Ecuador   Repayment Term: 8 months
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Activity: Beauty Salon   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: Buy merchandise like perfume, cosmetics, clothing for the entire family to increase their businesses   Currency Exchange Loss: N/A
      Default Protection: Covered
The Morlaquitas Communal Bank is located in the city of Cuenca in the southern part of Ecuador. This bank is comprised of women who are fighters and have a very large vision for their lives. They want to leave behind all that could curtail their future and that of their families. They are confident that each day will go better, and they will be able to give their families a little bit of life that they have always wanted to have. They demonstrate that with much effort and strength you can achieve everything. All of the members of the bank live in the area of the city of Cuenca.

Luisa Narcisa Torres Ayora is an active member of the Morlaquitas Communal Bank. She lives in the area of the city of Cuenca in the Sector de la Feria Libre. She is 45, and she has been divorced for 13 years. Her marital life was not what she hoped for. Her ex-husband attacked her physically and psychologically. Understanding never existed in her home. She has two children, 23 and 13. Her oldest son works in ETAPA (Municipal Business of Telecommunications, Potable Water, Sewage and Sanitation of Cuenca) and studies in the Professional Drivers Syndicate of Azuay. Her youngest son goes to the local school. They do not have they own house, so they live in a rented house.

Luisa has been a stylist for several years. She has been in her place in the city of Cuenca for four years. She has been in the Quingeo parish for 20 years. She also has been selling women’s Yanbal beauty products for six years. She has her own customers, and it is going well for her in both activities.

Luisa is one of the happiest members of her communal bank. She has worked with the foundation for five cycles. She says that the loans she got have helped her in the times of economic hardships she has encountered. They suggested, and she achieved making her business grow by increasing the Yanbal line of cosmetics.

With the loan from the ESPOIR Foundation she will buy more Yanbal products to increase the number of women’s, men’s, and children’s cosmetics in her business.

Luisa’s big dream is that her son completes his post high school education.

Soraya de Lourde Arízaga Arias is another member of the Morlaquitas Communal Bank. She lives in San Pedro on the way to Racar in the city of Cuenca. She is 33, happily married, and has a daughter who is two years and seven months. Her husband works in the Cristal bottling plant, which allows him to provide for his household, while looking for the economic stability that they need. They do not have their own house, so they live in a rented house.

Soraya sells Columbian clothing by catalog. She has been in this business for three years. Two months ago she opened a small store in her house. She says that it is going very well for her. She has a fixed customer base. She does this activity door to door in her neighborhood, providing her customers with the convenience of delivering and collecting payment in their home. She does this to give good service and get more customers. Two months ago she opened a small store in her house.

Soraya is an enterprising and charismatic woman. She has a good relationship with her colleagues in the communal bank. She has been working with the bank for three cycles, and she affirms that the loans she has received have helped her maintain her clothing business and start her store. With the loan from the ESPOIR Foundation she will buy products for her store, stock it with various lines, and give good service to her customers.

Her biggest dream is to have her own clothing store.





Translated from Spanish by Ginny Kalish, Kiva Volunteer


El Banco Comunal Morlaquitas está ubicado en la ciudad de Cuenca al Sur del Ecuador, éste banco está conformado por un grupo de mujeres luchadoras que tienen una visión muy amplia de la vida, quieren dejar atrás todo aquello que pueda truncar su futuro y el de su familia pues tienen mucha confianza que cada día les va a ir mejor y podrán proporcionar a su familia un poco de la vida que siempre desearon tener, demostrando que con mucho esfuerzo y empeño todo se puede lograr, todas las socias del banco viven en la urbe de la ciudad de Cuenca.

La señora Luisa Narcisa Torres Ayora es socia activa del Banco Comunal Morlaquitas, vive en la urbe de la ciudad de Cuenca en el Sector de la Feria Libre, tiene 45 años de edad, es divorciada desde 13 años porque su vida matrimonial no fue la que esperaba, pues su ex marido con frecuencia la agredía física y psicológicamente, ya que en su hogar nunca existió comprensión, tiene 2 hijos de 23, 13 años de edad, su hijo mayor trabaja en ETAPA (Empresa Municipal de Telecomunicaciones, Agua Potable, Alcantarillado y Sanitario de Cuenca) y estudia en el Sindicato de Choferes Profesionales del Azuay, su hijo menor estudia en un colegio de la localidad, no tienen casa propia por lo que la casa en la que habitan es arrendada.

Luisa tiene su profesión de estilista hace varios años, tiene 4 años en su local en la ciudad de Cuenca y 20 en la parroquia de Quingueo, además se dedica a la venta de productos para la belleza de la mujer YANBAL, en éste último lleva seis años y nos comenta que tiene su propia clientela además le va muy bien en las dos actividades.

Luisa es una de las socias más alegres de su banco comunal, trabaja junto a la fundación cinco ciclos y da testimonio que los créditos obtenidos le han beneficiado de muchos apuros económicos que le han surgido y ha logrado hacer crecer su negocio incrementando la línea de cosméticos Yanbal.

Con el préstamo que la FUNDACIÓN ESPOIR le entregue lo va a invertir en la compra de más productos YANBAL para incrementar su negocio con cosméticos para damas, caballeros y niños.

El gran sueño de Luisa es que su hijo llegue a culminar los estudios superiores.

La señora Soraya de Lourdes Arízaga Arias es otra socia del Banco Comunal Morlaquitas, vive en San Pedro vía a Racar en la ciudad de Cuenca, tiene 33 años de edad, es felizmente casada tiene una niña de 2 años 7 meses, su esposo trabaja en la embotelladora Cristal lo que le permite aportar económicamente a su hogar buscando la estabilidad económica que necesitan, no tienen casa propia por lo que viven arrendando.


Soraya es comerciante de ropa colombiana por catalogo lleva tres años en este negocio, y hace dos meses abrió una pequeña tienda en su casa, comenta que le va muy bien pues ya cuenta con su clientela fija, esta actividad la realiza puerta a puerta en su barrio dándoles comodidad a sus clientes porque les entrega la mercadería y cobra en el domicilio con el propósito de darles un buen servicio y obtener más clientela, y hace dos meses abrió una pequeña tienda en su casa.

Soraya es una mujer emprendedora y carismática, mantiene una buena relación con sus compañeras del banco comunal, lleva trabajando tres ciclos en su banco y asegura que los créditos recibidos le han ayudado mucho para mantener su negocio de ropa y para montar su tienda. Con el préstamo que la FUNDACIÓN ESPOIR le entregue va a invertir en productos para su tienda, surtirla con varias líneas y dar un buen servicio a sus clientes.

El mayor sueño de nuestra socia es tener su propio almacén de ropa.






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Journal entries for Las Morlaquitas(cuenca) Group


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

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Las Morlaquitas(cuenca) Group, consisting of LUISA NARCISA TORRES AYORA , SORAYA DE LOURDES ARIZAGA ARIAS , MARIA MERCEDES VEGA VALENCIA, MARIA ANGELICA PLAZA TEPAN, LADI DIANA ZHIZHPON CHOCO, SILVIA RAMONA AREVALO BRITO , CONSTANCIA DE JESUS CHOCO TIRADO, NARCIZA DE JESUS GODOY FAJARDO, MARIA DEL ROCIO GUZHÑAY ZHAGUI 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
Oct 17, 2009
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Field update from a Kiva Fellow
 
Entrepreneur: Las Morlaquitas(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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Eagerly Awaiting the Holidays!
 
Entrepreneur: Las Morlaquitas(cuenca) Group
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador

We met Luisa at her community bank meeting at the Cuenca office of Fundacion Espoir, which is currently going through a re-branding effort to change its name to "Mi Bankito". Luisa tells us that her health and that of her family are just fine, and that business is going well. She sells Yanbal products such as skin care, lotions, perfume, makeup, etc. - very similar to Avon products sold in the United States and other countries. Luisa hopes that the Christmas holiday season will bring an increase in sales for her business as clients purchase products to gift to family and friends. Luisa has had troubles in the past with repaying her loan on time every 15 days, but she is now all caught up in her repayments.


Posted by Zal Bilimoria from Cuenca, Ecuador
Dec 16, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Las Morlaquitas(cuenca) Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
December 2009 $606.25 $606.25 Repayment Received
January 2010 $404.17 $404.17 Repayment Received
February 2010 $606.25 $606.25 Repayment Received
March 2010 $404.16 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $202.09 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $202.08 Available May 1