Tosagua is a productive canton in livestock raising, where they raise poultry and pigs. Cira is 49 years old, in a common-law marriage and has 1 child, 11 years old, who goes to school. Her spouse is a mechanic. With the earthquake, she lost her house and is living in the house of one of her sisters.
Cira works selling Yanbal products (beauty products, cosmetics, perfumes, and ladies’ accessories) and clothing from catalogs. She works on the weekends, for two or three hours. She leaves the products on credit and collects weekly. She has been doing this work for 5 years. She also makes food for parties and events to order, and has been in this for 5 years. She works in the afternoons in a snack shop from 14:00 to 18:00, and is paid monthly. With this new loan, she will purchase perfumes, creams, pots, spoons, kitchen utensils, etc.
She has been in the loan group for 16 cycles and she likes them because they have low interest rates and for the medical insurance for her family. Her dream is to one day have a secure house again.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Wendy Harris View original language description