Mujeres Emprendedoras De Tacumbu Group

The women are very active in collaboration with the community. Some are part of a neighborhood commission of the neighborhood of Tacumbú and others work in the Divino Maestro chapel, which is found close to their homes.

We can speak of some of them, such as the case of Tomasa Zladívar, who is a single mother. In order to support her son and pay the expenses of the household where she lives, Tomasa is dedicated to the sale of jewelry and delicacies in a spot set against the door of a school where she has a small cart where she exhibits her merchandise to the students.

She rises very early in the morning, walks from her residence located in the Saxony neighborhood and arrives at the center with a bag full of things to sell. Things that are colorful, sweet and salty sell well. Now Tomasa can already withdraw a loan of 1,200,000 Guanaris. thanks to her good payment history she can agree to this total. She tells us that she will use it to grow her merchandise even more and to vary the products that she offers since spring is approaching.

The members carry out many extra activities such as raffles and food fairs, among others, to be able to pay some expenses of beautifying their neighborhood.

Translated from Spanish by Marty Greenstein, Kiva Volunteer

This committee was formed thanks to Julia Benítez, who is a former counselor of city of Asunción. She invited her neighbors for an informative discussion. The afore-mentioned lady spoke to them about the Program, which she knew of from an information bulletin that she had received.

The women are very active in collaboration with the community. Some are part of a neighborhood commission of the neighborhood of Tacumbú and others work in the Divino Maestro chapel, which is found close to their homes.

We can speak of some of them, such as the case of Tomasa Zladívar, who is a single mother. In order to support her son and pay the expenses of the household where she lives, Tomasa is dedicated to the sale of jewelry and delicacies in a spot set against the door of a school where she has a small cart where she exhibits her merchandise to the students.

She rises very early in the morning, walks from her residence located in the Saxony neighborhood and arrives at the center with a bag full of things to sell. Things that are colorful, sweet and salty sell well. Now Tomasa can already withdraw a loan of 1,200,000 Guanaris. thanks to her good payment history she can agree to this total. She tells us that she will use it to grow her merchandise even more and to vary the products that she offers since spring is approaching.

The members carry out many extra activities such as raffles and food fairs, among others, to be able to pay some expenses of beautifying their neighborhood.

Translated from Spanish by B, Kiva Volunteer.

Este Comité se formo gracias a Julia Benítez, quien es ex- Concejala de la ciudad de Asunción, ella invito a las señoras para una charla informativa., pues son vecinas suyas. La mencionada señora les hablo acerca del Programa, pues ella tenía conocimiento através de un boletín informativo que recibió.

Las señoras son muy activas dentro de la colaboración con la comunidad, algunas forman parte de la comisión vecinal de Barrio Tacumbú y otras colaboran en la capilla Divino Maestro que se encuentra muy cerca de sus casas.

Podemos hablar de alguna de ellas, como el caso de: Tomasa Zaldívar quien es madre soltera, y para mantener a su hijo y solventar todos los gatos de la casa donde viven, Tomasa se dedica a vender bijouterie y golosinas frente a la puerta de un colegio donde tiene un pequeño carrito donde exhibe sus mercaderías a los alumnos.

Ella se levanta bien temprano todas las mañanas, va caminando desde su domicilio ubicado en el Barrio Sajonia y llega al centro con un bolsón repleto de cosas para vender, cosas coloridas, dulces y saladas para de ese modo salir adelante. Hoy día Tomasa ya puede retirar un préstamo de 1.200.000 Gs. gracias a su buen comportamiento de pago puede acceder a este monto y cuenta que desea utilizarlo para aumentar aun más sus mercaderías y variar los productos, pues se acerca la primavera.

Las integrantes realizan actividades extras además como rifas, ferias de comidas entre otros, para poder pagar algunos gastos de embellecimiento del barrio de ellas.

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