A loan helped to buy oil, potatoes, bananas, corn, condiments and other products to make and sell traditional snacks.


Yesenia Beatriz's story

Yesenia, age 35, is in a relationship and her partner works in construction. She has two dependent children who are attending school.

Yesenia works making and selling traditional snacks such as potato cakes, corn enchiladas, empanadas, etc. She has three years of experience in this work, and to get to her business, she travels 3 kilometers from her house.

She needs the loan to buy oil, potatoes, bananas, corn, condiments and other products to make and sell traditional snacks.

Yesenia wishes to continue working an to give her children a better quality of life.

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Joann S.


This loan is special because:

It enables vulnerable women to start and grow their own business.



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