While during the second week of November the center of
Granada was getting ready for "Hípica", a local horse parade, which
attracts both tourists and Nicaraguans to come to Granada giving them an excuse
to go out and drink some Nicaraguan rum and beer, in El Pantanal, which is
sometimes referred to as the forgotten district of Granada, because it does not
appear on maps and is never visited by tourists, we were distributing new loans
to our existing clients.
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| Juan Carlos and Esterlina enjoying their breakfast |
The day of disbursement we started with breakfast together
with a group of " Unión Que Hace La Fuerza", which had repaid its
second PHPG´s loan recently and since that morning has been enjoying the
benefits of cooperating with PHPG for its third time. The good thing about
working for PHPG is that occasionally one is obliged to inspect businesses of
our clients for example like this - eating delicious “enchiladas” that one
member of this group sells.
Although it was a very hot day for this time of year
even for Nicaragua, we enjoyed this opportunity to meet some of our clients and
a talk we had about their future plans. One of the most successful groups -
"Las Triunfadoras" - which just got its fourth loan from PHPG, told
us about their plan of opening a new dining spot sometime next year. Although all
Las Triunfadoras´ ladies have their own businesses like shoe store, fashion
design and sewing etc. that does not stop their entrepreneur´s spirit to seek
new opportunities to improve their financial situation. What a motivation to
see that!
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| Petra and "Union Que Hace La Fuerza" |
