Maria Gabriela is 30 years old, in a common-law marriage, and has a 7-year-old child. They live in Rocafuerte, a canton known for producing delicious artisanal sweets which are very well-known throughout the entire country.

She is an enterprising woman who, thanks to the loans, can earn a living and help with the household expenses. She works selling clothing and Avon products (beauty products, cosmetics, perfumes, and women's accessories). She sells door to door and also sells seafood and, on the weekends, she makes grilled meat accompanied by lentil stew, which is a dish requested a lot by her customers and which is giving her a very good income.

This loan is to purchase pants, blouses, and t-shirts. Her dream is to give her child the best.

Maria Gabriela and her family live in the town of Rocafuerte, a place known for delicious artisanal candies that are well-known throughout the country. Thanks to loans Maria has been able to make an income and move her son forward, as she is a single mother.

She works selling clothes and Avon products, such as beauty products, cosmetics, perfumes, and women's accessories. She sells door to door. She also sells from her home. In addition she sells dried herring in containers, either from her house or through deliveries to merchants. This is how she makes a living and provides a life with dignity to her young son.

This loan is to buy pants, blouses, shirts, and perfumes. Maria's dream is to give the best to her son.

Marta is 28 years old. She is a single mother, and has a son who is five years old and goes to school. They live in her parents' house in Rocafuerte, a canton that is known for producing delicious handmade sweets which are famous all around the country.

Thanks to the loans she receives from the group, Maria is able to make a living and thus get herself and her son ahead. Since she is a father and a mother at once, she sells clothing and products of the company Avon (beauty products, cosmetics, fragrances, and accessories for women). She sells from door to door, but also from her house. Furthermore, she sells dried alewife fish in tubs either from her house or she delivers it to merchants. Like this she manages to make a living and to give her little one a decent life.

This loan is meant to buy shorts, blouses, shirts, fragrances, creams and alewife fish.
Her dream is to give her child the best.

The canton of Rocafuerte is known for its great variety of crops such as cilantro, tomato, pepper, etc., and lemon trees, cocoa trees, coconut palm, etc. and the making of decorative objects from tagua nuts, clay pots, and sweets.

María is 28 years old, a single mother of a 5-year-old son who goes to school. They live in her parents' house. María sells all sorts of clothing and shoes from catalogs. She sells from door to door and also from her house where her customers come when they need something. She has been doing it for over 12 years.

A sister helps her in the sales and in making sardine or alefish (a small 12 centimeter fish full of bones) ceviche. She cleans them, fillets them, and pickles them or cooks them with lemon. Then, they are placed in small portion containers to sell. After, she delivers them to some stores in the area or also sells them from her house or to merchants. She also works in an eatery as a kitchen assistant. She has been in the job for 2 years and her work schedule is from 6:30 to 4:30.

With this new loan, she will purchase sandals, shoes, t-shirts, blouses, alewife fish, lemon, food containers, etc. She likes the loans because they are quick with low interest. Her dream is to have her own eatery.

Maria is 27 years old. She is a single mother of a 4-year-old son who is in preschool. She lives with her parents in Rocafuente, town well known around the country for being producer of delicious artisanal sweets. Maria likes to make his own money, so thanks to her work she's been able to support her son, as she has to be mom and dad all in one. She sells all sorts of clothing and Avon products (beauty products, cosmetics, perfumes and other ladies accessories). She sells door to door and out of her home when her clients stop by if theyt need something. She open credit lines for them and collects every two weeks. She's been in the business for 2 years, which she has been able to improve thnaks to the loans she's received with this group.
She will use this loan to buy pants, blouses, tees, perfumes, lotions among others. She likes this system because she can use the loansot buy products on sale. Her dream is to see that his son never misses anything.