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In Guatemala, the convenience store business is driven by women through ventures that seek to empower and open up economic opportunities in their localities.
This is the case with Julia (aged 69), who has been running a convenience store for six years, selling traditional clothing, raising domestic animals, and planting basic grains. She is married to a day laborer and is the mother of ten children (ages 33-52). Although she completed two school grades in adulthood, she worked hard to ensure that all her children could attend school through fourth grade. Julia is the proud grandmother of thirty grandchildren.
She will use this Kiva loan to invest in the convenience store by purchasing a refrigerator and wholesale beverages. This loan will help her expand her business and earn more income. Her dream is to expand her businesses and provide them with a steady income for her old age.
From the department (state) of Huehuetenango, there are eight women of the Mam Mayan ethnic group who make up the Friendship Bridge Community Bank “Flor del Cafe SB” and are in their first loan cycle. They are united, responsible, and skilled managers of convenience stores, raising domestic animals, farming, and sales of traditional clothing. These women feel fortunate to participate in the “Microcredit Plus” program, which offers them loans, education, and preventive health care.
Kiva lenders help these women achieve their dream.
In this group: Margarita , Odilia , Abelina , Maria Floridalma , Cruza , Julia , Juana , Roselia
Translated from Spanish. View original language description.
