A loan helped to buy meat, chicken, fish, pork, vegetables, fruits, bread, disposable containers, as well as makeup, perfumes, creams, shampoo and t-shirts.


Yolanda Isabel's story

Yolanda Isabel and her family live in the city of Portoviejo, a city rich in the production of vegetables, legumes and tropical fruits for domestic consumption; beaches and a variety of tourist sites.
Yolanda Isabel is a hardworking woman, who from a very young age has been dedicated to the preparation and sale of delicious and nutritious lunches. She offers the daily menu by publishing it in WhatsApp, so it is easy for her customers to order what they want. She works from Monday to Saturday and she also makes home deliveries,
In her free time, she also sells clothes and products from Yanbal catalogs (beauty products, cosmetics, perfumery and accessories for ladies) these are sold on credit and she collects the money every 8 days, usually when she collects the money from the previous sales her customers ask for more merchandise.
This loan is to buy meat, chicken, fish, pork, vegetables, fruits, bread, disposable containers, as well as makeup, perfumes, creams, shampoo and t-shirts.

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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Salvador Quintanilla.


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


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