Clemencia Bustamante
Clemencia Bustamante,46, is a native of Brgy. Clarin, Misamis Occidental. She is married to Mr. Norberto Evangelista, 47. They were blessed with 4 sons; the eldest is 25 years old and the youngest is 14 years old.
After they get married, Clemencia and her husband put up their first business which is vegetable vending. The capital came from both their parents as a gift in their wedding. It was giving them a good income at first but after a few years, many vendors also sprouted in their area and they have experienced having low sales and some of their products were also spoiled. They decided to stop their vegetable vending and they looked for other alternative source of income. It was very hard for them to start a new business because they had no capital to start with. They tried to borrow some capital from their relatives but no one let them borrowed. The couple was still hopeful and their faith to God gets stronger every day.
Luckily, one of their friends named Dingdong helped them financially to have their own business. Dingdong is a businessman and he hired Clemencia and Norberto to be one of his employees in his business. The couple was so dedicated to their work until such time that Dingdong gave them a chance to start their own business which is banana peddling. They looked for a warehouse where they could keep their tons of banana that came from a big plantation in Bukidnon in Mindanao. The couple together with their sons helped each other on their business.
The Evangelista family gained a lot of benefits from the hard work and perseverance that they have. They have purchased some household appliances and had acquired a motorcycle which helps them a lot in peddling their bananas in different towns and barangays. They were able to send their children in school.
Clemencia still needed additional capital for her business. She wanted to improve the facilities in her warehouse to maximize its space to keep more of her products. It will be a big help for her family especially for the education of her children.
An additional capital will be a big blessing for Clemencia and her family. She really wanted to give her family a better future.
Client Update
Clemencia felt so blessed when she received her loan. It was an answered prayer for her because for how many years in business they could not improve it because they have no enough capital. She used the money to widen the space of their warehouse to keep more bananas. She is also trying to be the direct supplier of the bananas in the market and as of now she has already some regular clients and she is very happy of the outcome of their business. She is now saving some of their income because she wanted to buy a tricycle for the delivery of their products.
Client Update
Clemencia's business is now becoming bigger and bigger. They have already purchased a new tricyle.
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The new tricycle allows Clemencia's business to now deliver bulks of bananas to their buyers and even to the neighboring towns and barangays. Their sales increased and they were able to buy hogs and are now planning to put up a hog raising project.
She has now paid her loan in full with good tracking record.
Client Update
This loan was repaid in full.
$325 Requested
100
Funded
Donors funding this loan
 | Linda Almendral Philippines $175 Funded $200 Still Needed |
 | Ninfa Canja Philippines $25 Funded $325 Still Needed |
 | Susan Melorin Philippines $75 Funded $250 Still Needed |
 | Rufino Maranan Philippines $400 Funded $250 Still Needed |
 | Myrna Delfin Philippines $25 Funded $325 Still Needed |
