A loan helped to buy shelving, bread, eggs, sugar, rice, salt, oil, noodles, vegetables, dairy products and sausages.


Alicia Marisol's story

Alicia, 29, is a positive person who enjoys working and caring for her family. She lives in her own home, her husband is a police officer and her two children attend school.

Alicia owns a store which helps her cover some of the household expenses. Her grocery store has been in business for five years and it is stocked with all kinds of basic products to serve consumers.

She is applying for a loan to buy shelving and other basic products needed in her business. Alicia is very much a visionary and her future plans include opening a stationery goods store and computer center to satisfy the needs of the locals in her area.

Alicia works hard to provide for her family and she wants to give her children a good education and improve the infrastructure of her home to improve the family’s quality of life.

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Sherry Bess.


This loan is special because:

It aims to reach vulnerable refugee populations in an isolated region.



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