Guatemalan Weaver uses Microcredit Loans to Build a Business
Aldea Artisan Weaves Beautiful Handmade Scarves and Runs a Coffee Tree Nursery.
A Microcredit Study.
The first time I met Micaela she was weaving on a straw mat outside of her house. Her daughter-in-law had led me nearly a mile away from the town, along a path that winded through lush coffee trees laden with fruit. Micaela greeted me and invited me for coffee. Her children came to see the gringo and gathered around, all of us sitting in the middle of their compound. Around their homes were two plots of cleared land, each the size of a half a basketball court. She told me how her husband had been planting more coffee, hoping to generate additional income from their land. She told me also how they wanted to start a tree nursery, selling coffee, pine, and cedar seedlings to farmers. She was hoping to access a microloan sufficient to cover start-up expenses for this enterprise.
Fast forward 6 months and I follow her daughter-in-law up the same path with the coffee trees—this time, however, the fruit is gone, having been harvested and dried months before. As I we approach the compound, I notice that the two plots of land that were cleared the last time I visited were now covered with small, black plastic bags. The bags were housing hundreds of coffee, pine and cedar seedlings. Micaela approaches me, beaming, and asks me what I think. “Vendemos los pilones a gente del campo,” she tells me. "We sell the seedlings to people from countryside
I am full of pride for Micaela and her family. She told me that her loan came through. And that she was able to invest the capital from her microcredit loan into this venture. She and her husband had substantially increased their earning potential and were on their way to generating additional income for their family.
~Matteo
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