Bintihassan
100 USD financed in March 2016
Bintihassan is married and has three children, all of whom attend school. She owns a house in Likoni (Kenya) that has neither electricity nor piped water. Her greatest monthly expense is school fees for her family. For the past two and half years, she has operated a fruit and coconut business at the market. She sells to her neighbors and passersby. Her major challenge is competition in her place of operation. This loan will allow her to pay school fees for her children.
Rosalia
350 USD financed in March 2016
Rosalia is a 39-year-old married woman and a mother of 2. She lives in Molave, in the Philippines. She has her own ice cream making business and has been doing this for 6 years now. She needs to buy ingredients for making ice creams. Rosalia wants to save for emergencies and would love to see her children finish their degree.
Recilda
325 USD financed in December 2015
Recilda is a 31-year-old woman who lives a simple life with her family in Tubigon, Bohol, Philippines. She is married and has four children, ages 19, 11, 5 and 2 years old. Recilda makes a living by selling banana cue* to the community. She has been doing this for one year and is hoping to have more successful years to come to enhance their livelihood, while her husband went to other country to earn more. Recilda uses her profit for her children’s school costs such as food, transportation expenses and other basic needs. Now she is asking for a loan amount to buy food ingredients such as banana fruit, sugar and cooking oil. Recilda aims to improve her business for her children. She wants to have enough money to support her children in their studies.
* This popular snack is made of deep-fried banana coated in caramalized brown sugar.
Alba Lucia
475 USD financed in December 2015
This is Alba. She lives in Bello, Colombia. She is 48-years old, single and head of the family. She is a fighter and she is powerful. She started a business selling food and as time has passed she has been working and growing in strong steps and with a lot of pride. Now she can say that she has a restaurant. The goals that she draws up every day are to improve her sales, increase her clientele, and formalize her business. To achieve it, she does her work with a lot of love and dedication because she knows that her business is the only source that she has to get money. Alba has a job and works 6 days of the week with an intensity of 12 hours a day. She is asking for a loan to buy an aluminum table and make some improvements given that she wants to start 2016 in the best way. She wants to see her business well-painted and visually attractive.
Ulda Yolanda
350 USD financed in December 2015
Ulda lives in El Salvador. She is a married woman who has three children. She works selling snacks and coconuts. Her business was born out of her creative desire to provide for her family. She sells her food from a cart on the sidewalk. At the moment, everything is going well. With this loan, she will be able to purchase napkins, bags, straws, dressings, oil, etc., in order to have the materials needed to make her snacks. She will also purchase a table to peel coconuts. Ulda hopes to satisfy her customers, improve her business and have a sustainable revenue streams. She will to continue this activity in order to be able to give her children an opportunity to succeed.
Mirna Araceli
500 USD financed in December 2015
Mirna is 31 years old and lives in El Salvador, in a house that she owns with her life partner and daughter. Mirna has been making a living producing tortillas for two years. Her business is near her home and she has many customers. With profits from sales, Mirna is able to cover some household costs. Mirna is applying for a loan in order to buy corn by the hundredweight and lime. With this loan, she can continue to produce tortillas and earn a higher income in order to enjoy a higher quality of life.
