2013 – Peru - Gregorio Manuel (Kiva)

 

Gregorio is a 35-year old man. His lives in Chincha with his wife and their three children. Gregorio is very hard-working and enthusiastic. He dedicates all of his energy toward getting his family ahead. Unfortunately, due to a lack of financial resources and the need to start working, Gregorio wasn't able to study at the university level.
Gregorio started working, on his own initiative, as a laborer on a local farm. He works every day for approximately ten hours. He believes work is going well for him because of his dedication and hard work.
Gregorio is very grateful for the Kiva lenders; thanks to the help they are offering, he will be able to make some improvements to his dwelling. Gregorio wants to paint, plaster and put a floor down in his children's room. Gregorio will continue to work and put forth the effort needed to make his greatest dream come true- to see his children become solid professionals.

2011 – Nicaraga - Edis Manuel Paramo López (Kiva)

Edis Manuel lives in the city of Masaya. He has worked for Enacal for nine years, maintaining a pipe that carries potable water. He is married and has three dependent children for whom he works hard in order to provide them with what they need.

One of the needs that Edis Manuel's family has right now is the need to improve the condition of the roof and floor of their home since we are in the winter season and their roof is no good. Their house floor is just bare ground. Their children are little and it is affecting their health.
Edis Manuel approached Ceprodel's office to request a loan so that he could buy sheets of corrugated metal, beams, cement and sand in order to make this improvement which will provide him with a decent home and a better quality of life for his children and his wife.

2011– Mongolia - Batsuuri Ohidoo (Kiva)

 

Batsuuri O. is 30 years old and lives with his wife and two young children in Uvs province, Mongolia. He and his family live in a ger, a traditional Mongolian nomadic housing tent. His wife stays at home to take care of their little children.

Batsuuri operates a grocery business in his town. He provides his customers with potatoes which he plants and harvests himself. This year he was able to harvest six tons of potatoes. Batsuuri started his grocery business in 2006 and has gained a lot of experience. His monthly business profit is between 80,000 and 100,000 MNT. He uses his earnings to provide for his family.

In the future Batsuuri hopes for continued success and to increase the types of vegetables that he grows. He is requesting a 200,000 MNT loan to purchase more vegetables such as cabbages, beets and carrots for his grocery business.

2009 – Peru – Ebernezer Group (Kiva)

In this Group: Carmen, Nelly , Evelyn, Elisea , Luzel , Rosa , Adrian , Luis Rafael, Ruth Gladys , Carmelo

Ever since he was young, Mr. Adrian has been dedicated to making and selling crafts like woodwind instruments. He started this business 15 years ago, and it has brought him the satisfaction of being able to build part of his house and to provide income for the household costs. He is the president of the Alcancía Comunal EBENEZER group, and is a person who inspires respect much like how the rest of the members are responsible people who make punctual payments.

Nelly is the treasurer of the group, and she has a small store that she has been keeping for more than 5 years. This helped with the tuition prices for her children, and now she realizes that while the situation is very difficult, if she wants to make progress she must continue working

The group's secretary is Elena, a woman who is very dedicated to her work. She makes crochet products which she sells in the market, and she also does large orders, but when she doesn't have orders she sells sweets and candies . Even though she gets few sales, she continues to persevere.

The members all have different kinds of businesses so the loan will be for buying products and inputs that allow them to augment the capital that their work earns.

2009 - Peru - Eulalia (Kiva)

 

Eulalia is a member of Communal Bank Obreras. She is 51 years old, lives with her partner and has 7 children.

She has a shop in a rented location where she sells groceries and vegetables. In the afternoon she also sells salchipollos (a dish of French fries with shredded chicken and hot dogs) in the doorway of her shop. She needs a loan of 1000 soles to purchase rice and sugar. Her dreams are to provide a good education to her children and to improve her business.

2010 - Bolivia - Ramiro Loza (Kiva)

This is an update on your loan to Ramiro Loza in Bolivia.

Thanks to you and 7 other Kiva Lenders, the $200.00 loan requested byRamiro Loza in Bolivia has been 100% funded. The loan will be used to purchase wood and varnish for his carpentry business.

Over the months of this loan, Kiva's Field Partner in Bolivia, IMPRO,
will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting
progress updates on the Kiva website.

You can view the loan profile here:
http://www.kiva.org/lend/192513?_te=j

Thanks for lending to the world's working poor on Kiva!

2009 - Peru - Ebenezer Group (Kiva)

Ever since he was young, Mr. Adrian has been dedicated to making and selling crafts like woodwind instruments. He started this business 15 years ago, and it has brought him the satisfaction of being able to build part of his house and to provide income for the household costs.

He is the president of the Alcancía Comunal EBENEZER group, and is a person who inspires respect much like how the rest of the members are responsible people who make punctual payments.


Nelly is the treasurer of the group, and she has a small store that she has been keeping for more than 5 years. This helped with the tuition prices for her children, and now she realizes that while the situation is very difficult, if she wants to make progress she must continue working.


The group's secretary is Elena, a woman who is very dedicated to her work. She makes crochet products which she sells in the market, and she also does large orders, but when she doesn't have orders she sells sweets and candies . Even though she gets few sales, she continues to persevere.


The members all have different kinds of businesses so the loan will be for buying products and inputs that allow them to augment the capital that their work earns.

2009 - Bolivia - Evelin Medrano (Kiva)

I recently took up providing small loans via Kiva. I received the following update from one of the areas I supplied loans to. It is reproduced below...

Dear Colin,
This is an update on your loan to Evelin Brandy Almanza Medrano in
Bolivia.

Señorita Evelin B. Salazar Medrano is 19 years old. She is a single
woman and lives at the home of her parents. They live in a dairy-farm
zone not very far away from the city.

This morning, I had the opportunity to stop over at Evelin’s home to
see how this loan cycle has been going for her. Unfortunately, Evelin
was away from the house, but her mother Rosario was able to update me on Evelin’s loan.

With the loan from CIDRE, Evelin purchased a new dairy cow and more cattle feed, such as soy husks, for the livestock. The soy is very much needed, because Cochabamba has been suffering from a drought that has caused cattle feed prices to skyrocket. Evelin’s dairy cows have been doing great in their production, and she has had no trouble making her loan repayments in a timely fashion.

The loan has helped Evelin to grow her earnings, which helps as their
dairy cooperative is currently in the process of purchasing a
‘modulo’ (large, metal milk container and preserver). Evelin is
contributing some of her earnings, along with the other cooperative
members, so that they can purchase this tank. The ‘modulo’ will help
all members of the dairy cooperative preserve their milk and maintain a higher quality of milk when selling to the local dairy company, Pil.