Maria Paz
A loan of $500 helps her to buy more variety of clothes and accessories to stock up her business and continue with her sales.
Maria Paz's story
María is 74 years old. She studied up to first grade of school. She is single and her children are already adult and independent.
María works selling clothes and accessories. She has 9 years of experience and started this business on her own, because of the need to obtain a good source of income.
The business is located in her house. She works every day and her work schedule starts very early in the morning. Her daughter helps her with this job. She also has a store of basic products.
She will use the loan to buy more variety of clothes to stock up her business and continue with her sales with which she hopes to increase her income.
María dreams of seeing her business grow and improving her quality of life.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteerPatricia Mueller. View original language description.