The Kiva group who operates inside a house in Horgen, is made up of my sisters, Greta and Thea, my Neighbor and me. Till now we made 11 loans to entrepreneurs now I started a blog to keep online users up to date even people outside the school. Now that my advisory teacher gave me the idea to start up an online community I am trying to make this blog as stranger friendly and useful as possible. I will list the 11 entrepreneurs that I have already helped and then leave the stage open for you to make suggestions... Here they are:
1. Tuvshinjargal Chogdonhorloo from Mongolia. Tuvshinjargal provides a taxi service in the Uvurhangai province. Tuvshinjargal is 39 years old and has a wife (which is currently unemployed) and two children. Tuvshinjargal has been running the taxi service for 5 years and has many regular custormers, but now his car broke down and he is requesting a loan to buy spear parts for his car and some wash tokens to keep his car sparkling and offer his customers a better service.
2. Rosemarie Dela Cruz from the Baliangao province in the Phillipiens. Rosemarie has been working in the Agriculture business for five years and is requesting a loan of $ 150 so she can buy more seeds and pay for the maintenance. Rosemarie is 32 years old, married and has four children. She is trying to maximize the money of her loan so she could also spare some for her family.
3. Nubia Esperanza is from the Granada state in Nicaragua, there she now runs a convenient store which sells chicken, eggs, meat, beverages, etc. She is married and has 3 children.
4.Javier Gonzalez is 51 is married and has 2 children attending school. The family lives in Villarricia, Paraguay were the boss of the house pays for the children's school fees and for the maintenance of the house hold. His main occupation is being a Electricity man. He requested a loan of $ 425 to help him expand his services to connection cables and different types of gases.
5. Hamid from Tajikistan is 48 years old, married and has 7 children. His oldest son works at a bakery nearby together they work to keep the family running. Hamid is a builder which first had to rely on a warehouse which he paid rent for, now with his new loan of $ 650 he is going to expand his business by buying more building materials and with these build his own small warehouse. He plans to repay his loan within 8 months.
6. Elizabeth Obera runs a Transportation business in the Phillipnes which is the main source of income for the family, unfortunately her van broke down and now she is requesting a loan of $ 375 to fix her van. She is planning to pay back her loan within 7 months.
7. Esi Nkrumah who lives in Elimina, Ghana has started up a doughnut business 10 years ago since then it has always been going upwards. Esi is married and with her income she helps her husband pay for the accommodation bills. Now with this loan of $ 125 she is planning to expand her business and make her family's living conditions better.
8. Violeto is 45 years old, single but has two children. He lives in the Phillipiens and runs a "sari-sari" store which is just the same as a supermarket here in Europe. With his loan of $ 175 he plans expand his business into products like canned food, shampoo, soap, snacks and beverages. He plans to repay his loan within 6 months.
9. Merla Gerundio from the Phillipiens, she is married and has three children. Merla is 39 and has been a middle man in the fish business for 13 years. She is requesting a loan of $ 125 to expand her amount of fish and crab in her inventory. With the profit she is planning to first expand her business and then go to retail. She also wants to help her family.
10. Jane Poni from Soulth Sudan has been running her food stall for 2 years. This food stall has been helping the family of Jane to pay for many of their bills, including the school bills for the three children that she has. She has asked for this loan of $ 200 so she could expand her business to tomatos and peas.
11. Sevila James also lives in soulth sudan and runs a food stall which brings in most of the familys income
. The family which consists of her husband and four children who all go to school. She is trying to expand her buisness to sugar, wheat and flour. She expects to repay the loan within 6 months.
Now that you all know who we all helped maybe you could make some suggestions of who to help next and why or just make a loan for yourself on www.kiva.org/lend! I hope you are going to enjoy my blog about me and my Kiva expirience!
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