Ann
200 USD financed in April 2016
Ann lives in Msambweni, Kenya. She is a married mother of one child, who attends school. She lives in a rental house that has electricity but no piped water. Her biggest monthly expenses are school fees. For the past one year, she has operated a clothes selling business, selling from door to door to her neighbours and passersby. She faces a major challenge of seasonality in her business. With the loan that she is requesting, she wants to purchase bales of second hand clothes for resale. This way, she hopes to boost her business.
Telesia
375 USD financed in March 2016
Telesia is 18 years old with 2 children in Laulii, Samoa. She operates a small business of selling pancakes, buns and cakes in her community to earn a living. Telesia requested a loan to buy a sack of flour, a sack of sugar, yeast, a fry pan, a wooden spoon, a bottle of vegetable oil, and plastic bags to help her to run the business. She will use her profit to expand her business.
Afi
125 USD financed in March 2016
Afi, a 34-year-old married woman, resides in Adidogomé, Togo. The mother of two is a retailer of baby-related products. She gets her supplies twice a month from the market and resells in her home and by circulating through nearby neighborhoods. Afi is requesting this loan to order dozens of undergarments for babies, diapers, and sponges with the aim of doing well in her sales and responding favorably to customer needs. She could then have considerable financial autonomy for helping to provide schooling for her children.
Fatuma
200 USD financed in March 2016
Fatuma is married with two children, one of whom attends school, while the other is still young for school. She owns a house in Msambweni (Kenya) that has electricity but has no piped water. Her greatest monthly expense is school fees. For the past four years, she has operated a cosmetics shop business. Her potential customers are town dwellers and neighbors, especially women. She dreams of expanding her business to meet her family's basic needs. With the loan that she is requesting, she wants to purchase perfumes, lipsticks, and body lotions.
Mwanakombo
200 USD financed in March 2016
Mwanakombo is a married mother of three children, all of whom attend school. She owns a house in Msambweni (Kenya) that has electricity but no piped water. Her greatest monthly expenses are school fees and household consumables. For over six years, she is selling food from home to her neighbors and passersby. She faces a major challenge of seasonality in her place of business. With this loan, she wants to purchase bundles of wheat flour, maize flour, tea leaves, and cooking fat.
Fatuma
200 USD financed in March 2016
Fatuma is a married woman with two school-going children. They live at their own house in Msambweni (Kenya) that has electricity but no piped water. Her greatest monthly expenses are food and school fees. She operates a business selling khangas (a cloth for women), selling from door to door to her neighbors and passersby. She faces a major challenge of lack of capital to expand her business. With the loan she is requesting, she wants to purchase bales of khangas for resale.
