To understand the reality of over 450,000 people served by the BBVA Microfinance Foundation in Peru, a visit to San Juan de Lurigancho, the most populous district in the country, is mandatory. Over 1.2 million people live in this district, many of them poor, and some very poor.<\/p>\n
The CEO of BBVA, Carlos Torres<\/strong>, and the CEO <\/strong>of BBVAMF, Javier M. Flores, <\/strong>have made it to one of the hills in this town which can only be reached by a beaten earth track.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to see this for yourself to understand it\u201d, the Foundation\u2019s CEO noted. It is precisely in a place like this where stories of many women shine, women who \u201cstruggle everyday to achieve better living conditions for their families and forge a future for their children\u201d.<\/p>\n There they met the group \u201cNeighbors together, forever\u201d, formed in solidarity by seven enterprising women who improve their businesses thanks to group loans. Every so often, they get together to share news on their progress and plan their next steps<\/strong>. This enables Elisa to sell beauty products, Lourdes to weave garments, Carmen to sell bread, Melissa to sew\u2026 comforted in knowing that they are not alone when faced with the installments.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t