Contributed to a crowdfunded Kiva loan to Vilma Suyapa to buy printer ink, a photocopier, notebooks, and colored pencils, among other things. She has her own business selling stationery and school supplies. She sells notebooks, colored pencils, glue, scissors, paper, poster board, and pencils. She also makes photocopies and prints.
This loan is special because it provides credit to some of the most isolated communities in Honduras.
Go to Kiva.org to read her story.
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