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Lourdes

Himamaylan, Negros Occidental, Western Visayas, Philippines / Food

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A loan helped to purchase additional oysters to sell.

Lourdes's story

Lourdes is a married woman with three children. She is a very hard working entrepreneur. Lourdes is 50 years old and has one child who is in school.

She has a buy-and-sell oyster business in the Philippines. Lourdes requested a PHP 20,000 loan amount through NWTF to purchase additional oysters to sell.

Lourdes would like to save enough to provide a secure future for her family.