Vilma

Mrs. Vilma is 60 years old and happily married to Maximo Loguiber. The couple has five children, three sons and one daughter. Four of her children are married and living separately. Their youngest is now attending college and her eldest brothers pays all his younger sisters education fees. They are all living in a remote village in the town of San Fernando.

Vilma and her husband manages their store for almost 8 years now. Three years ago, her husband got a heart attack caused by high blood pressure and is paralyzed. Vilma continuously manages their business selling kitchen wares like plates, spoons, forks, kettles, cooking pots, hangers, buckets, basins etc to cover her husband’s medicine costs and their daily food expenses. The sales are around 5,000.00 pesos (£ 71.12) during the weekdays and higher during the weekends and holidays. Her business is open from 7 o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock in the afternoon daily. She buys her stocks from Cebu City Carbon Market once a week. She takes a bus to visit the Carbon Market.

Vilma has been Lamac’s member since 2021 and repaid four previous loans on time. She used the loans as working capital to restock her store and display the items she sells. Vilma's business goal is expand and serve more customers to improve her sales and profits.