A loan helped purchase oranges, strawberries, mangoes, jello cups, soft drinks, bottled water, chicks, paint for the tricycles and pay for light.


Maria Natividad's story

Maria Natividad is a mother and grandmother who helps her family with household expenses by selling fruit, jello cups, soft drinks, bottled water, and bolos (baked dough) every day. She also raises chicks to sell as live chickens, working every day with help from her family. Additionally Maria rents tricycles to clients who use them to sell fruit and other products. She is paid daily and as her clients are able to pay her.
Maria is grateful to the kind people who help her with loans; they make it possible for her to help her family, who need the support. This loan is to purchase oranges, strawberries, mangoes, jello cups, soft drinks, bottled water, chicks, feed, paint for the tricycles and pay for light.

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Ina Rimpau.


This loan is special because:

It is accompanied by useful, real-life business training.


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