EDAPROSPO Gloria Damián Reyes

Gloria Damián Reyes is an entrepreneur living in the town of Chosica about 90 minutes east of Lima, Peru. Her primary business is selling prepared food at her little shop in a market near the central plaza of Chosica. Much has changed for her family and her business in the two years she has been working and the loan she received from you has certainly helped in that story of progress.

Mrs. Reyes says that when she started her kitchen, there was no water, no tables, and no fridge. Through her relationship with EDAPROSPO, she has been able to buy a fridge (now she can store excess food and prepare it more easily at the store), to buy tables (now customers can eat at the store), and has recently gotten a pipe put in so now she has access to water all day. With your loan, she was able to buy a car that she rents out as a taxi. She rents it for 30 soles a day and loves it because she is now earning more money with not much extra effort; it is adding another revenue stream to the family income.

Gloria works at her small food store from 8am to 10pm from Monday to Saturday. Since her stall is located at the edge of a large market, she buys her vegetables daily from other vendors without much hassle. Two or three times a week she travels 30 minutes away to Vitarte to buy more types of food for her meals. Like most small Peruvian restaurants, Mrs. Reyes has a daily menu, which is a fixed meal with starter, entrée, and drink. She sells these for 4 soles each. In addition, she sells special plates (lomo saltado [strips of steak with sautéed onions and peppers, rice, and French fries], arroz chaufa [fried rice], tallarin saltada [spaghetti with vegetables], trucha, pachamarca, etc.) for 6 soles each. Before her loan, she could sell 20 to 25 menus a day; now she sells 40 a day.

Pictured with Gloria is her son, Jason. Jason and Gloria’s daughter-in-law work with Gloria at her burgeoning food sales shop. People often order menus and Jason delivers them to their stores in Tupperware containers for his mother. He told me that his situation has improved after his mother received this loan. He says that now they can afford more gustos (non-necessities) at home, which he enjoys. As regards the future, Gloria said that she wishes to move to a bigger locale and open a full-size restaurant. The current space is rented and quite small. In addition, her experience with buying a car to rent to a taxi driver has been very profitable and enjoyable and she wishes to buy another car to do the same. Thank you for being a part of the rapid story of progress that is Mrs. Gloria Damián Reyes.

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