Peruvian Naturals has donated our earnings pledge for the second quarter of 2022 to two agricultural co-ops in rural Peru.
Pueblo Libre Group’s story
According to their Kiva Profile:
The communal bank “Pueblo Libre” is a responsible and happy group formed by 10 members. They are in their fourth loan cycle. They are led by Lleny, the president, along with the treasurer and secretary. Because of the pandemic, these three appear in the photograph.
Lleny, age 37, has four children. She is a single mother. She has a lot of strength and will to continue ahead for the well-being of her children. She considers herself a hard-working, fighting, and very responsible woman.
She has had her business for 10 years. She works in agriculture, planting cassava. It is for this reason that her biggest challenge is to plant more. In addition, her great dream is to enlarge her little house.
In addition to this business, her other source of income is doing daywork on other plantings.
She will use the Kiva loan to expand her plantings. She wants to continue harvesting and be able to have better earnings and sell them, and with the extra earnings, build her house.
In this group: Emilia Marianita, Jareth, Lleny, Mercy, Teddy, Margolith, Vilma Graciela, Sunilda, Rider, Manuel
This loan is special because it empowers women through community support and financial training.
Mujeres Emprendedoras De Limatambo Group’s story
According to their Kiva profile:
The group Mujeres Emprendedoras de Limatambo is a responsible, happy groups made up of eight memebers. They are in the first lending cycle, led by Cleofe, the president, along with the treasurer and secretary. Because of the pandemic, only the three of them appear in the photograph.
Cleofe, 34, has two children ages 5 and 1. She is currently single and her children are her greatest motivation and strength to get ahead. She considers herself a hard-working, responsible, and successful woman. For five years, she has had a cacao business. This is why her greatest challenge is to position herself as a leader in the production and sale of cacao.
Also, Cleofe’s greatest dream is to grow and have a lot of cacao production to export. Besides this business, her other source of income is carpentry; she fixes and makes chairs, tables, and furniture. She also works as a day laborer in other parcels.
Cleofe will use the loan to maintain her agricultural parcel to have a good cacao product to keep offering her customers so they are happy. She also wants to buy wood, and use the extra earnings as savings.
In this group: Yuri Beto, Ediluz Fanny, Marimar, Lupita, Cleofe, Jovita, Felicitas, Magna
This loan is special because it empowers women through community support and financial training.