Valentina

Valentina M. lives in a house she owns in the Pasankeri district, a suburban section of the city of La Paz, with her two daughters. Valentina works as a cook in a soup kitchen in her community, generating income that supports her family. With her savings, she was able to acquire a plot of land and build some first-floor rooms. However, her family is growing and the rooms they have are small. The loan she is soliciting is two build two second-floor rooms. This is the sixth time she requests a loan, and the socioeconomic analysis realized qualifies her favorably for access to credit.

Translated from Spanish by Mary Lynn Malaby, Kiva Volunteer