EDAPROSPO Antonia Chuquihuara

Antonia Chuquihuara lives in Comas, a northern suburb of Lima, Peru, and works as a painter of leather jackets. When a leather garment is marked in any way such as a scratch, people call her to re-dye the leather to cover any imperfections. In an interesting husband/wife combination, Antonias husband does a similar type of work painting cars and buses. The loan she received from you via Kiva and EDAPROSPO was used to support both of their businesses. At the time of my interview, Antonia had gone to drop off a newly painted leather coat to one of her clients; therefore, the picture and short video I took is of her husband. The couple has been with EDAPROSPO for eight months and would like to continue their relationship with this Field Partner. The husband mentioned that though the amount of the loan is satisfactory, in the future they would be asking for longer loan terms; having a three or four month repayment plan makes the monthly payments too high (ie 600 soles paid back over 10 months is 60 soles a month while over 3 months itd be 200 soles a month). The Chuquihuaras have five children and four grandchildren. Thus, it should come as no surprise that they are using the profits of their respective businesses to build a second story to their house. Thank you for your support of this husband/wife painting duo and by extension, the many lives they affect.

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• josh bull
• edaprospo
• kiva
• peru