Maria Cristina Mejia Lorenzo is from Cochoapa, Guerrero, Mexico. She has 2 children. She needs a loan of $400 to buy fireworks materials: paper, wood, sulphur, powder, etc.
Maria Cristina Mejia Lorenzo is from Cochoapa, Guerrero, Mexico. She has 2 children. She needs a loan of $400 to buy fireworks materials: paper, wood, sulphur, powder, etc.
Cristina's husband works very hard, but his income does not cover the family's expenses. To help him, Maria Cristina makes and sells fireworks, employing two people in the process.
She needs a loan to buy paper, wood, sulfur and powder. With more supplies, she can make more fireworks and increase her production and her business.
This loan will help Maria Cristina's family and the families of her two workers too. She hopes her improved business will give her children a good education, and that all her family will have a good life.
Maria Cristina lives with her husband and 2 children in a little house of mud in a little town called Cochoapan, nearby Ometepec city.
Entrepreneurs with specialized skills can apply for a loan in the manufacturing sector. Examples of businesses in the manufacturing sector are making and selling clothes, shoes, machine parts, baskets…the list goes on. These savvy entrepreneurs see the opportunity in their community and, with the help of a loan and their unique talents, can establish their niche. Only 3% of our loans are in the manufacturing sector.
Maria Cristina Mejia Lorenzo is from Cochoapa, Guerrero, Mexico. She has 2 children. She needs a loan of $400 to buy fireworks materials: paper, wood, sulphur, powder, etc.
The small community of Rio Santa Catarina, which derives its name from a local river, has a mountainous terrain and warm climate. Economic opportunities in this community are diverse as a result of its close proximity to the growing city of Ometepec.
In Rio Santa Catarina, World Vision is assisting farmers with production and marketing; educating families on disaster preparedness; and working to improve education through tutoring and teacher training. We are also providing healthcare services, nutritional training, and housing assistance.
Maria Cristina Mejia Lorenzo is from Cochoapa, Guerrero, Mexico. She has 2 children. She needs a loan of $400 to buy fireworks materials: paper, wood, sulphur, powder, etc.
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Maria Cristina used the loan from World Vision and the profits she gained from selling fireworks to buy materials to make fireworks. She bought gunpowder, sulfur, thread, paper, saltpeter, coal, and cement. Producing and selling fireworks is a great business for Maria Cristina and for her community. Cochoapa is a community known for its customs and traditions, and manufacturing fireworks is important to the people of Cochoapa.
Maria Cristina says that she is able to make more models of fireworks with the loan given to her. Before she received the loan, she was not able to make a variety of fireworks because she lacked the material. Now, thanks to the loan, her business of manufacturing fireworks is well known in her community and she has even been able to travel to other communities to promote her fireworks and to deliver orders. Her fireworks have been producing good sales and she is beginning to devise more rockets. Maria Cristina hopes that she continues to receive loan support since she has many requests for fireworks. She wants to continue offering her services to the communities.
Maria Cristina would like to thank World Vision and those that helped fund her loan for the opportunity the loan provided for her to continue working by building more fireworks. She and her husband have plans to buy a small plot of land with their savings. They want to build a little house on this land where they can live happily with their children because right now they are renting the house they live in.
