Salvador Tapia Cruz is from San Felipe del Progreso, Mexico. He has 1 child. He needs a loan of $575 to purchase equipment for repairs of compressors.
Salvador Tapia Cruz is from San Felipe del Progreso, Mexico. He has 1 child. He needs a loan of $575 to purchase equipment for repairs of compressors.
The loan has been a blessing to Salvador; the loan is helping Salvador earn more capital. Salvador is now providing for his son’s education. Salvador is very grateful to those who helped funding his loan.
Before Salvador received the loan, he was not able to invest because he did not have capital. As a result, Salvador was not capable of providing service to a lot of clients. In the end, Salvador was not making enough profits from his business.
Salvador lives in san Felipe del Progreso, Mexico. Salvador lives with his wife and their thirteen-year-old-son.
In areas where the poor live alongside the more affluent, businesses in the service sector can be very successful. Services include flower cultivation, tailoring/sewing, transportation, repair work, beauty salons and barber shops, and restaurants. Loans are needed to begin, expand, or sustain business with tools and supplies. Loans given to entrepreneurs in the service sector account for around 7% of our loans.
Salvador Tapia Cruz is from San Felipe del Progreso, Mexico. He has 1 child. He needs a loan of $575 to purchase equipment for repairs of compressors.
Home to a primarily ethnic Mazahua population, the community of Najhé is located in a mountainous region in northeastern Mexico State. The climate is sub-humid, but temperatures are typically cool due to the region’s high elevation. Windstorms are common during the early spring, followed by heavy rains in the summer and frost in the winter.
Women in Najhé continue to wear typical Mazahua dress, and some community members uphold traditional artisan practices, producing pottery, woodwork, and crafts made of wool. The primary economic activity is agriculture. Squash, beans, and fruit are grown for consumption, while corn is grown both to eat and to sell.
World Vision’s work in Najhé includes agricultural assistance to improve nutrition and family incomes; vocational training and tutoring sessions; and self-esteem workshops. We are also working to improve health conditions by training volunteers who can educate community members and by providing housing materials that will contribute to better living environments.
Salvador Tapia Cruz is from San Felipe del Progreso, Mexico. He has 1 child. He needs a loan of $575 to purchase equipment for repairs of compressors.
Salvador Tapia purchased tools for his tire repair shop. He purchased a five power horse compressor with 200 pounds of air, pneumatic jack, motor, pliers, screwdrivers, wrenches, dismantler, and 20 tons jacks. Mr. Salvador says he has improved his business because he invested the loan to purchase tools and to improve his local. He also used it for his family expenses and for his son’s education. He says that he did not have a steady business and he used to work in another place without having the chance to see his family. Now he has improved his life, he is closer to his family and does not worry much.
He purchased a truck and camper, which he uses in case of going to another place. He opened another tire repair shop and he has an employee. He also opened a grocery store.
Mr. Salvador says it has been a great success. He has had more profits from the loans and he is very grateful for all the support he has received.
Mr. Salvador provides a better service and has been able to raise his prices because he knows he does a good job. He has not had any complaints from his customers. He says fortunately the tire repair shop makes the necessary profits to pay the loan and to cover his house expenses like his son’s education, clothes and shoes.
He would like other people to have the same support he received and have their own business so that too can make a better income to provide for their family. He is believes that if people know how to use the loan they can get very good profits.
Salvador is running his second repair shop and a grocery store now. He hopes to open another repair shop with the same services and to offer more jobs to other people so that they can improve their lives.
Salvador has repaid his loan in full. These funds are now available to go towards helping another worthy entrepreneur in his community. Thank you for supporting Salvador and World Vision Micro!
