Adding to basket
This is the Gasp group, named after the family name of the members who are in charge.
The proximity of the mountains, the cane fields, the sun and the clouds are the factors involved in providing a pleasant view along the way to reach the community where this group was formed. Here, the elders still speak Mazatec, an indigenous language. Other products from the land that are very important for the local economy are mango, corn, lemon and banana.
The group members are: Teresa, Adriana, Juliana, Pascuala, Susana, Romualda, Yessica, Marcelina, Angela, Abrahan, Florencia, Liliana, Constancia and Rosa. Their businesses range from producing and selling foods to selling groceries, clothing, cosmetics, and fertilizers.
Yessica, nicknamed Yesi, is 30 and the single mother of two children who go to school locally under the patronage of World Vision. In order to offer a better quality of life to her children and spend more time with them while they are growing up, Yesi left her job and started selling soft drinks. This work has helped her little by little with her goals. Five months ago, encouraged by truck drivers, she started to sell snacks shortly after getting her last loan.
In order to begin her sales, she rearranged the kitchen of her small home, and every day she sets three tables out on the veranda, opens the window, and her clients can enjoy the snacks as she prepares them. Her best selling items are fried sea bream, steak on order, eggs on order, empanadas, tacos, tostadas, enchiladas, chilaquiles and more offered with different stews. "Food is what I sell the most, and fortunately all my clients pay cash" she comments.
Sunday afternoons, she goes out to buy her kitchen supplies for the week, and also the weekly school supplies for the children. The earnings have helped her to buy clothing, shoes, new mattresses and a new stove.
This loan is to buy vegetables, fruit, meat, cream, cheese, rice, beans, dishes, glasses and soft drinks, so that she can continue with her business.
"To see that my children are happy, my clients are not asking me for credit, and looking at my earnings every day, this fills me with satisfaction" are Yesi's words.
“Kuechire guije kui xuta xi chjikenya toon xi baenini gna chjikernyani ku kuacha chjaanguina kui nami xi kji bateñaan”, these words in the Mazatec language of the community mean "many thanks to all who've made this loan to us. It is how I was able to start my business, and how I can get ahead with my children", spoken gratefully by Yesi.
The photo shows the veranda where Yesi sets the tables for her clients. She is the one holding a sea bream in her hand.
In this group: Teresa, Adriana, Juliana, Pascuala, Yessica, Angela, Abrahan, Marcelina, Susana, Romualda, Liliana, Rosa Isabel, Constancia, Florencia
Translated from Spanish. View original language description.
