Anor Davlatova, in Tajikistan

Location: Fayzabad, Tajikistan

Primary Activity: Retail

Loan Use: to increase product assortment

Loan Amount: $1,025.00

We Contributed: $75.00

Repaid: 28%

Date Funded: Oct 1, 2008

Repayment Term: 18 months

Anor is 42 years old and has a small store at the center of her town. She purchases products from wholesale suppliers and resells them at retail prices. 

Valeh Muradov, in Azerbaijan

Location: Khachmaz town, Azerbaijan

Primary Activity: General Store

Loan Use: to buy food supplies, inventory

Loan Amount: $1,200.00

We Contributed: $175

Repaid: 42%

Date Funded: Oct 3, 2008

Repayment Term: 12 months

Valeh is an internally displaced person from the Aermenian-occupied territory of the Fuzuli region in Aerbaijan. He is requesting this loan to buy more food to improve his business, which he started 15 years ago.

Teofilo Ferreira, in Paraguay

Location: Paraguay

Primary Activity: Produce Transportation

Loan Use: to buy fruits and vegetables

Loan Ammount: $750

We Contributed: $75

Repaid: 45%

Date Funded: Oct 3, 2008

Repayment Term: 11 months

Teofilo is 42 years old, has been married to his wife Antonia for 14 years, and has two children. After working as a driver for a refrigerator company, he save up enough money to buy a cargo truck. He now hauls agricultural products to market. He will use this loan to purchase produce.

Thi Tham Nguyen Group, Viet Nam

Location: Dong Anh-Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Primary Activity: General Store

Loan Use: raising animals and buying store inventory

Loan Amount: $1350.00

We Contributed: $275.00

Repaid: 42%

Date Funded: Oct 1, 2008

Repayment Term: 12 months

Dao Thi Tham has requested a loan to open a small shop selling necessities. Her husband and eldest son work and provide an income of 1.800.000 VND per month ($100). She has been elected the head of the group of women from Xuan Trach because she actively participates in community activities. She has persuaded many other women to join the group. 

Bozor Sattorov, in Tajikistan

Location: Tursun-zoda, Tajikistan

Primary Activity: Taxi Driver

Loan Use: Car purchase

Amount Requested: $1000.00

We contributed: $150.00

Repaid: 50%

Date Funded: Oct 3, 2008

Repayment Term: 10 months

Bozor works at an aluminum plant, but his wages are barely enough to support his family.  He has requested a loan to buy a car he will use as a taxi, and plans to repay the loan in 10 months.

Linda Alfaro Bermudez, in Nicaragua

Location: Managua, Nicaragua

Primary Activity: Construction

Loan Use: to put up a wall and tile the floor of her house

Amount Requested: $425.00

We Contributed: $75.00

Repaid: 42%

Date Funded: Sep 29 2008

Repayment Term: 12 months

Linda is 56 years old. Four years ago she started a small business with her husband selling grains (such as corn, wheat, oats, cocoa, etc.) which are heavily consumed in the region. They requested a loan to put up a wall in their house and to tile 21 sq. meters of floor.

 

The Women of de SANTHIE, Senegal

Location: Mbour, Senegal

Primary Activity: Retail

Loan Use: to bolster capital and retail inventory

Loan Requested: $1,775.00

Amount we contributed: $150.00

Repaid: 33%

Date funded: Oct 1 2008

Repayment term: 12 months

These women (Coumba Diouf, Dieultou Goudiaby, Tening Diagne, Maly Sall, Fatou Sama, Mame Ndao, Mariame Ndao, Salimata Toure) are part of a large group, Les Lingueres de SANTHIE. They buy vegetables, fish, oil and second-hand clothing that they sell on the outskirts of the community of Mbour. They are going to use the loan to bolster their working capital, thus increasing their inventory and the diversity of their goods.

Clemencio Raimundo Alar, Mozambique

Location: Mozambique

Primary Activity: Construction

Loan Use: to purchase construction materials to finish his house

Loan Requested: $850.00

Amount we contributed: $250.00

Repaid: 25%

Date Funded: Sep 30 2008

Repayment Term: 16 months

Clemencio is 33 and works as a receptionist 5 days a week from 7am until 7pm, making 4,000MZN per month ($166). He has taken responsibility for his twin sister and his nephews and nieces. He manages to save 1000MZN per month as he does not have children.

This is Clemencio's second loan. His first loan allowed him to buy construction materials for his house, and he repaid the loan on time. He requested the second loan to complete the house, and hopes to get a loan in the future to furnish.

Dalal, in Lebanon

Location: Lebanon

Primary Activity: Beauty Salon owner

Loan Use: to buy new tools

Loan Requested: $900

Amount we contributed: $25

Repaid: 42%

Date Funded: Sep 29, 2008

Repayment Term: 12 months

Dalal is a 30-year old single woman who lives in a small village in the Mount Lebanon region of Lebanon. She has a beauty shop and is trained in cosmetics. She is ambitious about expanding her business, and has requested $900 in order to purchase new tools which will allow her to offer more services.

She had already raised most of the money asked for when we found her profile, so we decided to complete the fund with the final $25.