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Las Margaritas Group Loan # 174
A loan of $3,200 helps a member to buy more chickens.
GUATEMALA
Las Margaritas Group's story
Petronila is 24 years old, married to an assistant bricklayer, and has three children, three, five, and seven years old. She was fortunate to have had a third grade education. For the past five years, Petronila has raised chickens and pigs that she sells from her home. She is requesting a second Kiva loan to buy more chickens that she will fatten up and sell.
Once a month, Elena joins six other Maya K'iche' women, who belong to the Friendship Bridge Trust Bank "Las Margaritas", to make a loan payment and then participate in educational training sessions that are provided by a facilitator in relevant topics like business management skills, family planning, or developing self-esteem. The facilitator uses diagrams, role-playing or games to engage the ladies who then use the business skills in their businesses selling chickens, as well as wrap-around skirts/”cortes” and traditional clothing. They also learn about nutrition, hygiene and healthy habits. Every other month, they are able to have a physical exam from a visiting nurse. This combination of loans, education and health care is called “Microcredit Plus”.
Kiva investors have provided the ladies of "Las Margaritas" an opportunity to get loans that they are not able to get by going into banks in Guatemala because they are low-income and/or indigenous. Thank you for your generous support in helping them to have successful businesses and happier futures!!
In this group: Petronila , Roselia , Margarita , Encarnacion , Emiliana , Glenda Yanira , Maria Emiliana
Why this loan is special ...
This loan is special because clients receive in-depth trainings on business, health, over-indebtedness, and self-esteem.
John Adams, a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church manages the KIVA loans. New stories of those loans helping people become productive will be shared in this space each month. Enjoy.
A loan of $3,200 helps a member to buy more chickens.
GUATEMALA
Las Margaritas Group's story
Petronila is 24 years old, married to an assistant bricklayer, and has three children, three, five, and seven years old. She was fortunate to have had a third grade education. For the past five years, Petronila has raised chickens and pigs that she sells from her home. She is requesting a second Kiva loan to buy more chickens that she will fatten up and sell.
Once a month, Elena joins six other Maya K'iche' women, who belong to the Friendship Bridge Trust Bank "Las Margaritas", to make a loan payment and then participate in educational training sessions that are provided by a facilitator in relevant topics like business management skills, family planning, or developing self-esteem. The facilitator uses diagrams, role-playing or games to engage the ladies who then use the business skills in their businesses selling chickens, as well as wrap-around skirts/”cortes” and traditional clothing. They also learn about nutrition, hygiene and healthy habits. Every other month, they are able to have a physical exam from a visiting nurse. This combination of loans, education and health care is called “Microcredit Plus”.
Kiva investors have provided the ladies of "Las Margaritas" an opportunity to get loans that they are not able to get by going into banks in Guatemala because they are low-income and/or indigenous. Thank you for your generous support in helping them to have successful businesses and happier futures!!
In this group: Petronila , Roselia , Margarita , Encarnacion , Emiliana , Glenda Yanira , Maria Emiliana
Why this loan is special ...
This loan is special because clients receive in-depth trainings on business, health, over-indebtedness, and self-esteem.
John Adams, a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church manages the KIVA loans. New stories of those loans helping people become productive will be shared in this space each month. Enjoy.
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