A loan helped to buy French and Italian vegetable dyes, sodium permanganate, oils, and tagua seeds.


Yolanda Auxiliadora's story

Yolanda Auxiliadora is married and has 3 young children, who are in high school and school. Her husband is a master carpenter and plumber. They live in their own house. They live in Portoviejo -- a city that was affected by an earthquake on April 16, 2016 and that is not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The city is rich in production of vegetables, legumes, and tropical fruit for domestic consumption.

She is a qualified artisan, and she has a workshop where she designs and makes products from tagua seeds. She makes buttons, natural costume jewelry, and other crafts, such as keychains, necklaces, rings, figures; all of her products are make from tagua seeds. She has three assistants, who work from Monday to Saturday.

The health crisis was mainly bad for her, since she could not sell her products. Now, though, little by little, her business is recovering, and she can continue generates an income.

With this new loan, she will buy French and Italian vegetable dyes, sodium permanganate, oils, and tagua seeds. Her dreams are to have a bigger workshop and for her family to be very healthy.

Translated from Spanish.


This loan is special because:

It helps borrowers withstand negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.



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