EDAPROSPO Alejandrina Condori

Alejandrina Condori has been working as a streetside vendor in Chosica, Peru for fifteen years. Chosica is a town about 90 minutes east of Lima that is well-known as a winter retreat destination for Limeños tired of the constant clouds in the capital. Mrs. Condori’s stall is well-situated at the corner of the central plaza of Chosica where taxis line up to take visitors back to Lima. Her goal for the loan was to buy more merchandise to fill her stall: the more sodas and snacks she has on hand, the more she can sell and thus the more she can make in profits.She uses her profits both for the upkeep of her house and to feed her three children. She says that their situation has improved since she received the loan and that next time she is likely to ask for 500 soles.

Alejandrina works from 8am to 7pm. The bright yellow color of her stall along with the logo indicates that she belongs to an association of D’Anafria sellers (D’Anafria makes ice cream and chocolates). In the video I have included below, you can see that this association is omnipresent, with stalls nearly every twenty meters in crowded areas. At night, Mrs. Condori wheels her large stall to a nearby shelter where she pays 1 sole a night for storage and security. On the weekends, Mrs. Condori goes to Lima to buy the merchandise she sells throughout the week. When asked about her goals, she laughed and said she just wanted to keep working.

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