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Each piece is unique, the result of <strong>laborious effort that can take anything between two and six months to finish.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Her daughter, already a client of the institution, encouraged her to take the step. \u201cThey helped me with my business, and now I can weave more <em>chinchorros<\/em>, make more rucksacks and <strong>help my children get their education<\/strong><em>\u201d, <\/em>she explains.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;My greatest dream is to make improvements to my house and give my children a better education&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This entrepreneur works in the open air because the materials cannot be stored in her wooden house. Her children and her business are the focus of her plans for the future: <strong>\u201cMy greatest dream is to make improvements to my house so that I can keep my work materials dry, away from the rain, and give my children a better education so that they can go to university, that is why I work\u201d<\/strong>, she continues. Josefina also helps other indigenous women in her community. \u201cI found the money to increase my sales and now I am looking for more craftswomen of Wayuu ethnicity, I buy the threads so that they can work and I pay them for the rucksacks and <em>chinchorros<\/em> they weave for me. I couldn\u2019t do that before\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n<p>Bancam\u00eda started operating in this area in 2007 with a relationship banking model, a bank made to measure for each client. 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