Guadalupe Castellanos Baños is from Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico. She has 2 children. She needs a loan of $250 to purchase shoes to sell.
Guadalupe Castellanos Baños is from Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico. She has 2 children. She needs a loan of $250 to purchase shoes to sell.
Guadalupe's primary business is selling shoes through a catalog from her home. She orders shoes based on her customers' wishes and pays for the shoes up front. Her customers then pay her back when the shoes arrive.
With the loan she will buy new catalogs to show her clients, as well as small items, such as rice, sugar, oil, beans, eggs, and non-alcoholic beverages which she offers at a reasonable price. These small items help attract more customers.
Guadalupe’s goals are: to have control of her profits, to grow her business, and to increase her customer base. Guadalupe is happy she will receive the loan because now she will help her husband with the expenses. She is grateful to those who funded her loan.
Guadalupe lives in Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico with her husband and her two daughters.
Retail is a quick and scalable way to begin earning a profit. Many entrepreneurs entrepreneur begin with stalls at markets or even at home and need a loan to expand or increase their inventory. Others may be ready to open a small store. Goods purchased from loan funds range from clothing, grocery or sundry items to jewelry, candy, perfume or health and beauty supplies. Loans in the commerce sector account for around 33% of our loans.
Guadalupe Castellanos Baños is from Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico. She has 2 children. She needs a loan of $250 to purchase shoes to sell.
Residents of the community of Cuajinicuilapa are primarily a mix of native Mexicans and Africans, who originally arrived with the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. The region’s close proximity to the coast enables residents to participate in a wide range of economic activities, including commerce, agriculture, and fishing.
In Cuajinicuilapa, World Vision is working to improve healthcare and has conducted HIV- and AIDS-awareness campaigns, formed support groups, provided testing, and trained community members to care for those who are affected by the disease. We have also emphasized the importance of education to parents and trained community leaders to provide tutoring to students, helping them improve academic performance.
Guadalupe Castellanos Baños is from Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico. She has 2 children. She needs a loan of $250 to purchase shoes to sell.
Mrs. Guadalupe used to sell shoes via catalog, but she says that competition had increased significantly. That is why she decided to invest her profits from the shoe sales into buying products, like groceries and refreshments, to sell.
With her profits she buys more merchandise, and she's also helping her daughters so that they can have a better education.
She tries to make her loan payments on time, so that she can have for a greater amount the next time she needs it.
She's working very hard, but says that she's not getting great results. However, she's still trying to get ahead.
Mrs. Guadalupe is very grateful to World Vision because of the help that she is receiving, and she hopes to continue getting this support as she has up to now.
Mrs. Guadalupe Castellanos Baños says that she is very happy because, with the support that she received through the loan, her business has really improved a lot. Now she has more clients and her profits have grown considerably. During this time her sales have doubled.
Her life and her family's lives have changed a lot with the income that she's earning through her business. She has been able to help her husband with the food and educational expenses for her children. Before, she was the only support her family had since many times her husband didn't have a steady job.
Mrs. Lupe paid the loan in full. She's a hard worker and a very responsible person. She also wants to continue counting on future loans in order to expand her business even more.
She's very grateful to the donors. She says that because of their support, her business, her life, and her family's lives have improved a lot.
She says that her dream is to establish a clothing and shoe store. She also wants her children to continue studying and to obtain a good professional career so they can have a better future.
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