Elvira Mamani

Status: Paid Back

$225
Loan Request
Disbursed : Nov 8, 2007
Listed: Oct 25, 2007
Funded: Oct 25, 2007
$225
Paid Back
Ended: May 9, 2008

About the Country

Country:Bolivia
Avg Annual Income:$2,817
Currency:Bolivia Bolivianos (BOB)
Exchange Rate:7.5133 BOB = 1 USD


About the Loan

Location: El Alto / La Paz, Bolivia   Repayment Term: 9 months
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Activity: Textiles   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To buy machinery to establish a workshop for woven garments.   Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
      Default Protection: Covered
Elvira Mamani Calani is an expert in making crafts such as mantillas, aguayos and other garments. She learned this activity from her mother and is continuing the tradition.

Her customers are found at the most important fairs in the town of El Alto, at the doors of the "Iglesia de Gran Poder", one of the most traditional churches of La Paz because of its religious and folkloric connotations which are related.

Elvira makes her handcrafts alone but occasionally she needs an assistant to help out with the finish of her crafts.

Elvira needs capital to buy machinery so she can vary and improve the production and thus increase her earnings getting a better life quality with a real workshop to weave and knit the garments.

Translated from Spanish by Lene Struck, Kiva volunteer.



Elvira Mamani Calani, es experta en la confección de artesanías en tela, principalmente mantillas, aguayos y otros. Esta es una actividad que aprendió de su madre y que ella continúa con la tradición.


Su principal mercado se encuentra en las más importantes Ferias de la ciudad de El Alto, como también en las puertas de la Iglesia de Gran Poder, que es una de las iglesias más tradicionales de la ciudad de La Paz, por las connotaciones religiosas y folklóricas que posee y que se interrelacionan.


Elvira trabaja sola, y todo el trabajo que ella realiza es a mano, en ocasiones precisa contratar algunos dependientes que colaboran en el acabado de los trabajos.


Elvira necesita capital para poder incrementar su producción, principalmente para la compra de maquinaria especializada para tejido, solo de esta forma podrá tanto variar como incrementar la producción y de esta manera mejorar su oingresos por este concepto. De esta manera mejorar su calidad de vida, estableciendo un verdadero taller de producción de tejidos.


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Journal entries for Elvira Mamani


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Elvira Mamani
Location: El Alto / La Paz, Bolivia

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Elvira Mamani by Pro Mujer Bolivia in Bolivia. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 6 - 12 months, Pro Mujer Bolivia will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from El Alto / La Paz, Bolivia
Nov 9, 2007
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Elvira Mamani

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
February 2008 $37.50 $0.00 Repayment Received
March 2008 $37.50 $0.00 Repayment Received
April 2008 $37.50 $0.00 Repayment Received
May 2008 $37.50 $130.00 Repayment Received
June 2008 $37.50 $0.00 Repayment Received
July 2008 $37.50 $95.00 Repayment Received