{"results":[{"id":5,"order":10201,"name":"God's Hand Group","f_id":666237,"country_code":"gh","country":"Ghana","funded_amount":1675,"town":"Dansoman","activity":"Retail","sector":"Retail","use":"to buy wigs to sell to her customers.","description":"These members are part of the group called 'God's Hand'.  The group is made up of three women, all of whom are married, and who on average are 30 years old and have two children. They live in traditional families in the Dansoman neighborhood in the city of Accra. They know one another through neighborhood, friendship, and business ties. \r\n\r\nTo strengthen their financial capacity in order to better run their businesses, they joined ID-Ghana, a micro finance institution, with whom they are on their eighth loan. The previous two loans were repaid back properly. This group of women sells wigs, rice and groceries. \r\n\r\nBeauty is the wig-selling young lady who will use her loan to buy GHS 3,000 worth of wigs to sell to her customers. \r\n\r\nShe will buy from the wholesalers in Accra. She makes her sales in a container close to her house. \r\n\r\nShe plans to make a very big profit from this loan cycle, which will be reinvested in the businesses and used to repay back the loan.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1524979.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/666237"},{"id":7153,"order":10183,"name":"Aissatou","f_id":673897,"country_code":"sn","country":"Senegal","funded_amount":400,"town":"","activity":"Food Market","sector":"Food","use":"to stock up on rice, soap, milk, sugar, onions, and potatoes to sell from home.","description":"This group was created on December 12, 2011 on the day the 'banc villageois' was inaugurated. The group is composed of women who are from the same district. Over the course of past loan cycles together, they found out how to develop solidarity and mutual support. They all attend the international market in the area to carry out their work in small-scale commerce.\n\nMs. A\u00efssatou is a very rigorous woman. She has a shop in her house where she sells a variety of goods:  rice, cooking oil, sugar, tea, soap, and more. She is very experience in retail commerce, which has always been her main work.\n\nWith this new loan, she intends to purchase supplies:  16 sacks of rice at 50 kg each; 10 boxes of soap; 3 boxes of milk; 5 sacks of sugar; onions; and potatoes.\n\nThe profits will be used to bolster her savings and to improve her family's living conditions.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1535124.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673897"},{"id":7185,"order":10163,"name":"Gotitas De Chocolate Group","f_id":673111,"country_code":"bo","country":"Bolivia","funded_amount":600,"town":"La Paz \/ El Alto","activity":"Food Production\/Sales","sector":"Food","use":"to buy eggs and Bolivian beer in bulk.","description":"The Communal Bank \u201cGotitas de Chocolate\u201d (Little Drops of Chocolate) is starting its second loan cycle with Pro Mujer as part of the Santiago II Community Center.  This group consists of eight members and is led by a Board of Directors in which Sra. Reina serves as the secretary.  The members of this Communal Bank engage in different businesses such as selling auto parts, weaving blankets, operating a beauty salon, selling detergents, selling shakes, making handcrafted jewelry, manufacturing sportswear, and producing macram\u00e9 blankets.  <br \/><br \/>This loan will benefit small entrepreneurs such as Sra. Reina.  She says that she joined Pro Mujer eight years ago after receiving an invitation from a friend who is a member of the organization.  Reina currently has a business of selling shakes (traditional beverages).  She has become more knowledgeable about this business since she started it with the help of her mother-in-law, who also did the same type of work.  Once she learned her techniques, Reina decided to acquire her own space and become independent.<br \/><br \/>The loan she is receiving now will be used to increase her capital for buying eggs and Bolivian beer in bulk.  She will acquire these products from the distribution stores in the city of El Alto and use them for making the product she sells from her retail space.  Working in this manner enables her to generate income for supporting her family.  Reina is married and has three children. <br \/><br \/>When asked what she likes about Pro Mujer, Reina said that she enjoys the loans and the training seminars offered by the organization.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1534382.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673111"},{"id":7134,"order":10176,"name":"Rosmeri","f_id":672188,"country_code":"pe","country":"Peru","funded_amount":1050,"town":"CUSCO","activity":"Construction Supplies","sector":"Construction","use":"to buy cement, bricks and breezeblocks.","description":"Our member Rosmeri sells building materials such as bricks, cement and breezeblocks between 8am and 5pm.  She has been running her business for several years and is doing very well.  Her dream is to expand her building materials business.  She is seeking a loan to buy cement, bricks and breezeblocks.  She is delighted to receive the loan and guarantees that she will pay it back in full.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1533197.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/672188"},{"id":7131,"order":10174,"name":"Carolina","f_id":674335,"country_code":"ph","country":"Philippines","funded_amount":225,"town":"sindangan, zamboanga del norte","activity":"Food","sector":"Food","use":"to buy ingredients for her snack vending business.","description":"Carolina is 44 years old, married and a resident of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte. She earns a living through snack vending. \n\nShe has been a member of PMPC for six years and enjoys the privileges being a member of the Cooperative. Now, she is applying for a loan of PHP 10,000 to buy ingredients for her snack vending business.\n\nCarolina deeply wishes to continue as a member in good standing with PMPC.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1535599.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/674335"},{"id":7150,"order":10136,"name":"Helene","f_id":673895,"country_code":"sn","country":"Senegal","funded_amount":550,"town":null,"activity":"Food Production\/Sales","sector":"Food","use":"to purchase peanut butter, palm oil, and lime juice to resell","description":"Ms. H\u00e9l\u00e8ne is a founding member of this group which joined the program on December 24, 2003 when the 'banc villageois' was inaugurated. She is a married mother of three children (two girls and a boy). She is a woman with relevant managerial ability. And she found out over the course of loan cycles how to increase her capacity to finance her small-scale commerce, that is, selling area products: peanut butter, palm oil, and lime juice to merchants from northern and central regions. \r\n\r\nWith this new loan, she is going to purchase 30 pails of peanut butter at 20 kg each; 10 containers of palm oil at 20 liters each; and 8 containers of lime juice to resell. \r\n\r\nPart of the profits is used to help cover the day-to-day expenses to a significant degree, as well as the cost of education and healthcare for the family. The rest is for bolstering her savings in order to make her business sustainable.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1535138.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673895"},{"id":7137,"order":10127,"name":"Aissatou Commandan's Group","f_id":673885,"country_code":"sn","country":"Senegal","funded_amount":550,"town":null,"activity":"Fruits & Vegetables","sector":"Food","use":"to buy ten crates of bananas and other fruits to resell on a retail basis and by heap.","description":"This group is made up of very committed women who have, since the creation of the Banc Villageois on 25th November 2003, managed to develop not only income generating activities - primarily small trading businesses -  but also good relations based on solidarity and mutual help. \r\n\r\nA\u00efssatou (who is sitting on the far right of the photo with her hand raised) is the star borrower of the group. She is 44 years old, married and mother to five children: three boys and two girls. She sells seasonal fruits and buys her goods either from farmers, in the case of bananas, or from intermediaries in the case of products which are not grown in the area. \r\n\r\nWith her new loan she is planning to buy ten crates of bananas and other fruits to resell on a retail basis and by heap.\r\n\r\nShe is planning to use her profits to refurbish her house and increase.the number of her animals.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1535089.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673885"},{"id":7177,"order":10187,"name":"Jeanne's Group","f_id":674555,"country_code":"cd","country":"The Democratic Republic of the Congo","funded_amount":2225,"town":"Goma, North Kivu province","activity":"Cheese Making","sector":"Food","use":"to buy 250 kilos of butter.","description":"Our customer Mwachirimwami is a retailer, a member of business group \u201cTenez bon 2,\u201d a senior entrepreneur, a 69-year-old widow and the mother of six married children.\n\nThis customer sells butter and cheese. She supplies her merchandise to shops and restaurants in the city. She started her business with an initial capital received from her husband, when he was still alive. Later, she benefited from a loan by MFI Hekima.\n\nShe has been in this business for 52 years. This new loan will be used to purchase 250 kilos of butter and 100 cheeses.\n\nWith this, she wishes to build a house as well as feed and send to school her three orphaned grandsons. To conclude, she strongly thanks Hekima to support the autonomization of women entrepreneurs excluded from traditional financial systems, especially during this difficult post-war period in the Eastern region of the country.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1536106.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/674555"},{"id":6988,"order":14983,"name":"Yolanda","f_id":389670,"country_code":"us","country":"United States","funded_amount":10000,"town":"New York","activity":"Food","sector":"Food","use":"To purchase more inventory, open new markets, and expand manufacturing.","description":"Yolanda has been making her own, unique pesto sauce since 1993 and has been selling it from her small home business. She currently offers three different flavors that are made from her all natural, garden-fresh ingredients. Yolanda goes further in insuring a quality product by packaging it in light-weight PET jars that are easily recycled or reused, rather than bulky and breakable glass jars. For some time she has used her own kitchen to produce her sauce, however, recently she has been given the opportunity to use a commercial kitchen through a local business incubator. \r\n\r\nCurrently, Yolanda operates without any employees and still maintains a full-time job at EmblemHealth. In the near future, she hopes to grow her business to the point where she can bring on new employees and become self-reliant. The purpose of this loan will be to buy bulk inventory and move into a commercial kitchen. She would also like to use it to patent her sauces and participate in food craft shows and farmers markets.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/999412.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/389670"},{"id":64,"order":10378,"name":"Lina Marcela","f_id":660676,"country_code":"co","country":"Colombia","funded_amount":375,"town":"Bogot\u00e0","activity":"Higher education costs","sector":"Education","use":"Para pagar un semestre de matricula ","description":"Lina Marcela is an 18 year old woman who lives every second of her life. Everyone knows her for her smile and also that she is a questioner as she wants to know everything, but gets few answers. She is a person who itemizes life and learns from it, as life teaches that one learns from the past so as not to commit the same errors and improves the present. One learns from errors and one falls and gets up stronger.\n\nLina has a number of hopes for her life. Her main gal is to become a professional in a career but more so as a person. To standout for her knowledge compared to others. To make her mother proud. Her mother who gave her life is a woman to be admired who taught her children the real meaning of family unity and how to overcome obstacles with hopes, dreams and goals. To never stop learning, to fill oneself with life experiences, get to know the world and it's people and learn from them. \n\nLina is a happy, responsible, simple, open-minded, active, open youth who never remains quiet no matter what other people say. She only wants another chance to continue to study and grow professionally and personally. Thanks to this loan from Kiva she can get ever closer to her dream i life which is to be a great professional and put into practice what she has learned. Every day she learns something new to help her grow.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1516424.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/660676"},{"id":7149,"order":10135,"name":"Astou Sekou's Group","f_id":673894,"country_code":"sn","country":"Senegal","funded_amount":500,"town":null,"activity":"Sewing","sector":"Services","use":"to purchase damask fabrics, dyed cloth, rolls of muslin. ","description":"Created on July 16, 2012, this 'banc villageois' is composed of women who are very dedicated with a desire to make their revenue-generating businesses prosper. There is an understanding and a spirit of mutual assistance among the group members. They all live in the same district and are mainly active in small-scale commerce.\r\n\r\nMs. Astou (sitting at the far right with her right hand raised) is the featured borrower of the group. She is a married mother of four children (two boys and two girls). She has a sewing workshop in the commune, at the district market to be exact. She is helped in this business by two young apprentices, and she has a good mastery in this domain.  \r\n\r\nWith her new loan, she intends to purchase 30 yards of 'riche' damask fabrics, 10 yards of dyed cloth, and 3 rolls of muslin.\r\n\r\nWith the profits, she plans on having bricks made with the aim of starting construction on her own house.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1535157.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673894"},{"id":7147,"order":10133,"name":"Benkady Group","f_id":673671,"country_code":"ml","country":"Mali","funded_amount":950,"town":"KOUTIALA","activity":"Cosmetics Sales","sector":"Retail","use":"buy cosmetic products. ","description":"The Benkady group of Koutiala brings together women who live in large traditional families with their husbands, children, and other relatives. On average, they are 35 years old and have three children. \r\n\r\nThis group of women sells various items like clothing, cosmetic products, fruits and vegetables, shea butter, plastics, etc. In order to increase the size of their business, the members decided to join Soro Yiriwaso's loan program. This is their second group loan. \r\n\r\nMaimouna, the woman all the way on the left, sells cosmetic products. She would like to use her loan to buy different types of ointments, lotions, milks, and soaps in Koutiala. She sells her products for cash, out of her home in at the market, to a diverse clientele. \r\n\r\nWhile the other members of the Benkady group would like to earn an average monthly profit of 110,000 FCFA during this loan cycle, Mme Maimouna would like to earn 125,000 FCFA.  \r\n\r\nIn addition to reimbursing their loan, they use a part of the revenue to pay for personal expenses and to grow their business. \r\n\r\nThey would like to reinforce their partnership with Soro Yiriwaso so that their supplies do not run out.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1535061.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673671"},{"id":7151,"order":10182,"name":"Rosalbina","f_id":673043,"country_code":"pe","country":"Peru","funded_amount":100,"town":"CUSCO","activity":"Restaurant","sector":"Food","use":"to buy sacks of rice.","description":"Rosalbina prepares elaborate dishes in her small restaurant and in her free time she creates artisan craft objects. She has belonged to the \"Cusco\" communal bank for a few years and at this time needs another loan to buy sacks of rice.<br \/><br \/>Rosalbina is content with the loan and promises to punctually and responsibly make her payments. She is grateful to all the investors for the loan and hopes that they continue supporting all the other projects.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1534287.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673043"},{"id":7129,"order":10173,"name":"Maria Teresa","f_id":672387,"country_code":"ni","country":"Nicaragua","funded_amount":225,"town":"Leon","activity":"Retail","sector":"Retail","use":"to buy fizzy drinks, fruit juices, biscuits, pork rinds, bread sticks, pastries in general and a range of fruits among other things.","description":"Mar\u00eda Teresa, who hails from the city of L\u00e9on, is married and has 4 independent children.  She is 52 years old and is a shopkeeper, selling fizzy and soft drinks. She set up her business 10 years ago with the help of her mother, who taught her everything she knows today. Her next goal is to boost her sales. She is applying for this loan to buy:  fizzy drinks, fruit juices, biscuits, pork rinds, bread sticks, pastries in general and a range of fruits among other things. She believes that the loan will be very useful in enabling her to offer her customers a wide range of drinks. Her plan for the future is to improve the condition of her premises so that her customers will feel more comfortable.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1533445.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/672387"},{"id":79,"order":10423,"name":"Leidy Ximena","f_id":660644,"country_code":"co","country":"Colombia","funded_amount":375,"town":"Bogot\u00e0","activity":"Higher education costs","sector":"Education","use":"to pay for a semester's tuition.","description":"She wants to study to be a nursing assistant, because ever since she was little she has liked to help people when they are sick. After taking the nursing assistant course she will have an be at an advantage to continue studying and complete her life's project. With this agreement from Kiva, she wants to help her parents because she is financially dependent on them. They work and are financially responsible for everything, so she would like to take advantage of this opportunity to improve her family's economic situation.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1516356.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/660644"},{"id":7176,"order":10156,"name":"La Gloire De Dieu Group","f_id":674592,"country_code":"cd","country":"The Democratic Republic of the Congo","funded_amount":825,"town":"Goma, North Kivu province","activity":"Used Clothing","sector":"Clothing","use":"to buy five bundles of second-hand clothes.","description":"Our customer Yvones is a retailer and a senior entrepreneur member of business group \u201cLa Gloire de Dieu.\u201d At 55, she is a widow and a mother of seven children, all students.\r\n\r\nThis customer sells clothing. She displays her merchandise in the city\u2019s central market. She started her business with an initial capital received from her family. Later, she benefited from a loan by MFI Hekima. She has been in this business for nine years. This new loan will be used to purchase five bundles of used clothing.\r\n\r\nWith this, she wishes to build a house, feed, and send to school her orphaned children. To conclude, she strongly thanks Hekima for the autonomization of women entrepreneurs excluded from traditional financial systems, especially during this difficult post-war period in the Eastern region of the country.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1536137.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/674592"},{"id":7169,"order":10185,"name":"Teddy","f_id":675482,"country_code":"ug","country":"Uganda","funded_amount":1075,"town":"Fort Portal","activity":"Primary\/secondary school costs","sector":"Education","use":"to pay school fees for her children. ","description":"Teddy used the previous loan to pay school fees for her children. A hardworking farmer whose personal goal is seeing her children attain education to university, she is challenged by the climatic changes, especially a lot of sunshine for the past four months that has affected the expected output from her products.\n\nShe maintains her dream of educating her children to university and using modern farming methods that will see her increase the quality of yields from her business.\n\nTeddy needs the loan to pay school fees for her children.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1537454.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/675482"},{"id":6045,"order":14040,"name":"Gloria","f_id":504710,"country_code":"us","country":"United States","funded_amount":9425,"town":"Fordoche, LA","activity":"Services","sector":"Services","use":"to purchase buffers and vacuums.","description":"Gloria says there aren\u2019t many commercial janitorial businesses in her hometown of Fordoche, Louisiana, but among the few, her business, Pointe Coupee Janitorial, does a better job and works with the others in the event she cannot take care of a project.\r\n\r\nWith 32 years of experience, Gloria decided to re-enter the janitorial industry when her late husband became disabled and she needed flexible work hours in order to care for him.\r\n\r\nThe five-year-old business employs additional help when necessary, but Gloria prefers to work alone. She has the potential to expand her business, but chooses not to at the moment. \u201cI want to make a living, I don\u2019t want to make a killing,\u201d she says. \u201cI need this work to give me peace of mind.\u201d\r\n\r\nA returning client of Accion Texas Inc., Gloria plans to use her loan on buffers and commercial vacuums, as she can\u2019t transport these materials between the six businesses she works with weekly. \r\n\r\n\u201cI do enjoy cleaning,\u201d she says. \u201cI want my clients to know that.\u201d","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1250398.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/504710"},{"id":7188,"order":10166,"name":"Twekambe Kagere United Group","f_id":674954,"country_code":"ug","country":"Uganda","funded_amount":900,"town":"Kasese","activity":"Spare Parts","sector":"Retail","use":"To buy spare parts to sell.","description":"John is a thirty-seven-year-old married man with four children who all go to school. They live in Kasese, Uganda. He has been a mechanic for fifteen years. Being a responsible man, he started to cater for his family's basic needs. Poor roads are the main challenge he faces in his vision to open his own garage. John intends to use this loan to buy spare parts to sell. He is a member of Twekambe Kagere United Group where each member guarantees the others in their loan.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1532628.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/674954"},{"id":56,"order":10354,"name":"Karen Lorena","f_id":660686,"country_code":"co","country":"Colombia","funded_amount":375,"town":"Bogot\u00e0","activity":"Higher education costs","sector":"Education","use":"to pay tuition for one semester","description":"Karen Lorena is a person who is passionate about everything to do with health.  She really likes healthcare administration because she thinks it's an interesting field which requires a lot of organization and concentration, and will allow her to be a productive member of the field.  It also complements her studies.  \r\nHer goals are to apply all the information she learns, and that the institute provides, so she can assist people well and give them all the help they need.  She also wants to work hard to be the best at what she does since she thinks the most satisfaction a person can get comes from helping others without expecting anything in return.  \r\nShe considers herself honest, punctual, responsible, nice, outgoing, and respectful, with lots of good principles and qualities.  From the moment she starts the program she plans to acquire all the knowledge the teachers offer and investigate things in depth so she can be the best student.  This way she can enter the field able to provide a good service for all the people.  She would also like for people already working in the field to teach her new and different things.  \r\nKaren Lorena wants to be trained to work in different areas of health such as multi-specialty and single-specialty hospitals, government sponsored healthcare providers, and the public and private sectors.  Her last goal is to have an advantageous, productive internship so she can be well trained to fill her position, perform well, and be able to continue working for the company.  The agreement with Kiva will be very helpful because the payments are more affordable and she will be able to pay off other expenses that she has.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1516443.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/660686"},{"id":7130,"order":10124,"name":"Maricel","f_id":674327,"country_code":"ph","country":"Philippines","funded_amount":650,"town":"Manila City","activity":"Clothing Sales","sector":"Clothing","use":"to pay for additional merchandise like children's, men's and women's clothing. ","description":"Maricel previously accessed a 40,000 PHP loan that she used to buy additional merchandise like children's, men's and women's clothing. Her earnings were a big help in her family's personal, household and business expenditures.\r\n \r\nShe would like to apply for another 47,000 PHP loan to buy additional merchandise like children's, men's and women's clothing. The more items displayed at the store the better. More items to sell will result in better profit. Her profits from business will definitely help her to sustain her family's daily needs. She looks forward to this financial increase with gladness and thankfulness in her heart.\r\n\r\nMaricel dreams to be more successful in business and hopes to have a better living. She meets up with her co-fellowship* members to share stories of her work every week. She also draws strength and inspiration from the Word of God she studies.\r\n\r\n* All CCT community partners\/clients are organized into fellowship groups that meet on a weekly basis. A fellowship group is composed of 15 to 30 community partners. The fellowship groups gather each week to study the Word of God, build social capital, and repay microfinance loans.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1430047.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/674327"},{"id":7144,"order":10180,"name":"Djekafo Group","f_id":673677,"country_code":"ml","country":"Mali","funded_amount":525,"town":"KOUTIALA","activity":"Restaurant","sector":"Food","use":"to buy ingredients.","description":"Djekafo is a group of women from the Hamdallaye district of Koutiala.  They all live in large, traditional families with their husbands, children and other family members.  The women are, on average, twenty-eight years old, and have at least four children.\n\nThe members of the group sell various products, such as soap, firewood, fabric and food.  The group have now decided to work with the field partner, Soro Yiriwaso, in order to increase the size of their businesses.\n\nAichatou (sitting with her child in the photo) works in her restaurant business.  She will use her loan to buy beans, packets of spaghetti and other ingredients needed to prepare her food for sale.  She buys these supplies in Koutiala, and then prepares them for sale in her restaurant, to a varied range of customers.\n\nWhile the other members of the group expect to earn an average of 90,000 francs CFA a month, Aichatou expects to earn 105,000 francs CFA.  She will use her earnings to repay her loan, provide for her personal expenses and increase her working capital.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1535070.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673677"},{"id":73,"order":10405,"name":"Priscila","f_id":660651,"country_code":"co","country":"Colombia","funded_amount":300,"town":"Bogot\u00e0","activity":"Higher education costs","sector":"Education","use":"to pay the fees for a semester.","description":"For many years Priscila had wanted to study, as she wanted to have a better future, but unfortunately she did not have enough money or anyone to support her. One day she said that she was going to study that year and she  did her calculations of everything she spent at home. After doing the additions and subtractions, she realised that the children needed more things for school and so she decided not to study that year as she put her children's studies first. As the days went by she met people who spoke to her about the classes and how there were payment facilities. \n\nThis year she saw her opportunity and decided to study a course. In the future she would like to work in hospitals, because 2 years ago she worked in filing next to the emergency department of a hospital. There she saw that in healthcare there is a need for people who have a good way with others, who are unassuming and prepared to give a helping hand, since these are the occasions when people need help from others. It is important to look deep inside ourselves and realise that they are ill people with needs and difficulties and they don't have enough money.\n\nIn order to achieve this Priscila needs to study and follow up on her contacts in the area of health so she can have better work prospects in hospitals and clinics. This will enable her to bring up her children and provide them with a university education, since it is very difficult to get a good job without a degree. \n\nPriscila is grateful for the Kiva agreement under which she could be considered. She needs the support in order to achieve an important personal goal in life, as this has been her dream for several years. She wants to realise this dream by studying health administration so she can make progress in life with her children and parents.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1516368.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/660651"},{"id":72,"order":10402,"name":"Monica Ximena","f_id":660653,"country_code":"co","country":"Colombia","funded_amount":375,"town":"Bogot\u00e0","activity":"Higher education costs","sector":"Education","use":"To pay for semester tuition.","description":"M\u00f3nica Ximena is a responsible entrepreneur with much determination to get ahead for her and her son.  Her dream has always been to get a degree in a health-related field to help people and counsel them on different problems and their consequences.\r\n\r\nShe enjoys the health field and her goal is to work hard to get a professional degree so she can improve her income little by little for a better future.\r\n\r\nM\u00f3nica is consicious of the fact that in order to meet her goals she must have good judgement, and be responsible, punctual, orderly and consistent in her studies and work, no matter what that may be.  She is willing to do everything necessary to do this.\r\n\r\nThanks to this opportunity from Kiva, she plans to study hard and get an education so her son can have a good future, an excellent quality of life and be a better person each day, and as a professional become an excellent woman, person and mother.  Her son, Juli\u00e1n, gives her strength and is her motivation for persisting.  In the future she wants him to be proud of her not only for being his mother but for being a responsible, professional woman who was able to get ahead despite being such a young mother.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1516372.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/660653"},{"id":7135,"order":10177,"name":"Melida","f_id":672177,"country_code":"pe","country":"Peru","funded_amount":550,"town":"CUSCO","activity":"Primary\/secondary school costs","sector":"Education","use":"to pay her children's tuition","description":"Melida's an enterprising woman who gets her family ahead with her effort and dedication to her job.  She teaches in one of the most popular schools in the city of Cusco.\n\nMelida has belonged to Cusco Communal Bank for several years.  She needs the current loan to pay her children's tuition.\n\nMelida's happy about the loan and promises to make her payments punctually and responsibly.  She's grateful to the lenders for the loan and hopes they'll continue to support the other projects.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1533188.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/672177"},{"id":7138,"order":10128,"name":"Hamoule's Group","f_id":673891,"country_code":"sn","country":"Senegal","funded_amount":300,"town":null,"activity":"Food Production\/Sales","sector":"Food","use":"to buy at least 15 sacks of groundnut seeds to sort out and resell.","description":"This group is made up of women who are very active in their income-generating businesses and their Banc Villageois, which was set up on 14th October 2010. They all come from the same village and get on well together. Their main activities are small trading businesses and farming in the rain.\r\n\r\nHamoul\u00e9 (who is sitting on the far right of the photo with her right hand raised) is the star borrower of the group. She is 30 years old, married and mother to five children (three boys and two girls). She buys groundnut seeds from farmers in the villages and sells them to traders at the weekly markets.\r\n\r\nWith this loan she is planning to buy at least 15 sacks of groundnut seeds to sort out and resell.\r\n\r\nThe profits from her business will enable her to help out her husband to pay for their children's school fees and food.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1535176.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673891"},{"id":7179,"order":10158,"name":"Sabou Group","f_id":674541,"country_code":"ml","country":"Mali","funded_amount":850,"town":"Bougouni","activity":"Food Production\/Sales","sector":"Food","use":"to buy condiments.","description":"Group Sabou is composed of eight women; all married, they are on average 34 years old with eight children. They live in traditional extended families in the Torakabougou neighborhood of the city of Bougouni.\r\n\r\nThey met through neighbors, friends, and business relations. To increase their financial capacity and better do business, they joined micro-finance organization Soro Yiriwaso, with which it is their first loan. This group of women trades in condiments, as illustrated by the case of Marietou, the fourth woman standing in the picture, going from left to right. With her loan, she is planning on purchasing various quantities of condiments from wholesalers in Bougouni. She retails at the market and from home, taking cash from or extending credit to her mixed-gender clientele.\r\n\r\nShe is counting on an average monthly benefit of 21,000 XOF, which will be reinvested in the business and repayment of the loan.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1536088.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/674541"},{"id":7133,"order":10175,"name":"Paulina","f_id":672189,"country_code":"pe","country":"Peru","funded_amount":1075,"town":"CUSCO","activity":"Construction Supplies","sector":"Construction","use":"to buy bricks and cement etc. for her business.","description":"Paulina is a member of the LAS HORMIGUITAS communal bank, which is located in the district of Cusco in the province and department of the same name.  Paulina is 37 years old and lives with her partner and 4 children.  She alternates her daily chores with running her building materials business.  She has been running the business for some time now and it is doing well thanks to the commitment Paulina puts into it each day.  Paulina is a responsible and dedicated person as this is her means of supporting her family. She is seeking the loan to buy bricks and cement, among other things, for her business. She is grateful for the loan she has been granted and guarantees that she will repay it in full.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1533196.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/672189"},{"id":7181,"order":10188,"name":"Karanjung Lestari 1 Group","f_id":675288,"country_code":"id","country":"Indonesia","funded_amount":2400,"town":"Badung_Bali_Indonesia","activity":"Pigs","sector":"Agriculture","use":"to buy three superior piglets and feed for the piglets.","description":"One month before the settlement day, Ni Made, as the head of her group, informed the members of Karanjung Lestari 1 group to prepare their repayments. With 8 members, they made their repayment of 28,000,000 IDR. During the loan period, all the members can keep the pigs well. Nutritious feed and supervision by the vet make the pigs grow healthy and fat. They can be sold with a good price.<br \/><br \/>Ni Made sold her 4 pigs and earned a satisfactory profit. As planned, she used the profit to renovate her house. She saids thanks to all the Lenders for supporting her business and making her dream of making her house a pleasant place to stay come true.<br \/><br \/>Karanjung Lestari 1 group is applying for their fourth loan from MUK: Eight members of  8 and a total loan of 28,000,000 IDR (one memeber is new, replacing a member who left the group). The loan will be used to buy piglets, feed for the piglets and to repair cages.<br \/><br \/>Ni Made is using the loan to buy three superior piglets and feed. The price for superior pig breeds is currently very expensive, ranging from 400,000 - 500,000 IDR. These pigs will be maintained for 5 months for fattening. Ni Made expects that during the loan period the pigs will be able to develop properly without being attacked disease.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1537189.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/675288"},{"id":7146,"order":10181,"name":"Kotognogontala Group","f_id":673675,"country_code":"ml","country":"Mali","funded_amount":800,"town":"KOUTIALA","activity":"Food Production\/Sales","sector":"Food","use":"buy shea butter.","description":"Kotognogontala is a group of women from Koutiala. The women know one another well and live in large traditional families with their husbands, children, and other relatives. On average, they are 23 years old and have at least 3 children. \n\nThis group of women sells various articles like fruits and vegetables, firewood, fabric, shea butter, etc. In order to grow their business, the members decided to join Soro Yiriwaso's loan program. This is their second group loan.\n\nFatoumata is a member of the Kotognogontala group. She is seated second from left to right. She sells shea butter. She would like to use her loan to buy a large quantity of shea butter in Koutiala. She will sell the shea butter at retail in her home and in the market to a diverse clientele. \n\nWhile the other group members of Kotognogontala would like to earn an average monthly profit of 100,000 FCFA during this loan cycle, Mme Fatoumata would like to earn 105,000 FCFA.  \n\nIn addition to reimbursing their loan, they will use some of their income for personal expenses and to grow their business. \n\nThey would like to strengthen their partnership with Soro Yiriwaso so that their supplies do not run out.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1535073.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673675"},{"id":7145,"order":10132,"name":"Hermie","f_id":674296,"country_code":"ph","country":"Philippines","funded_amount":225,"town":"Oroquieta-Caputol, Aloran","activity":"Personal Housing Expenses","sector":"Housing","use":"to buy materials for house repair","description":"Hermie, 47 years old, is married and lives in Caputol, Aloran, Misamis Occidental, Mindanao, Philippines. Hermie and her husband earn a living through farming rice, corn, vegetables, beans and root crops. She has experienced hardships in raising their family. This hard working member helps her husband plow the rice field and plant corn, vegetables, beans and root crops. Hermie decided to join Paglaum Cooperative. Hearing about all the benefits, she didn't hesitate to become a member. She has received several loans already and paid her obligations in a timely manner. Recently, Hermie requested PHP 14,900 to buy materials used for house repair. The income she earned from their farming activities will be used to pay off the loan she requested from PMPC. Being a MIGS member (Member in Good Standing) of the cooperative, she has been able to manage her income. She is able to provide for the daily needs of her family. Hermie is very thankful because if it were not for Paglaum, she might not have any savings at all nor be guided properly in her finances. She only wants to have a decent and happy life together with her family.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1535795.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/674296"},{"id":70,"order":10396,"name":"Lina Marcela","f_id":660663,"country_code":"co","country":"Colombia","funded_amount":375,"town":"Bogot\u00e0","activity":"Higher education costs","sector":"Education","use":"to pay to register for a semester. ","description":"Warmest greetings. \n\nThis is Lina Marcela, who is associated with the Campo Alto institute as a nursing student during the night school. She is interested in obtaining a discount with Kiva in the cost of tuition. The reason why she is making this request is partly because she is making a big effort working during the day to be able to pay for her night classes. In addition, she is a single mother of a two year old boy and she also has to help her mother who is unemployed right now. She has to take care of all of the household expenses where the two of them are renting. \n\nThe second reason is that she wants to finish her degree so that in the future with more training, she will be able to earn a better salary to have a better quality of life and pay to study and become head nurse. She has always been passionate about everything related to health because she considers it the best way to be able to help people who lack this basic right to health as an essential part of life. \n \nEverything she proposes is to get ahead with her son and her mother. Everything she does is for their well being so that one day they will feel proud of her and she of herself, for having realized the dream that she has. Thank you for your attention.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1516391.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/660663"},{"id":7136,"order":10126,"name":"Rosayde","f_id":672175,"country_code":"pe","country":"Peru","funded_amount":150,"town":"CUSCO","activity":"Tourism","sector":"Services","use":"to buy tourist tickets.","description":"Rosayde lives in the beautiful city of Cuzco, located in southern Peru. She is an enterprising woman who gets her family ahead with hard work and dedication to her work. Her main economic activity is offering a tourism service. She sells tourism packages to different places in Cuzco, such as Valle Sagrado del los Incas, Machupicchu and Choquerirao. She has belonged to the \"Cuzco\" communal bank for several years and at this time she needs the loan to buy tourist tickets.  \r\n\r\nRosayde is happy with the loan and committed to making her payments on time and very responsibly. She is grateful to the investors for the loan and would like for them to keep supporting the other projects.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1533185.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/672175"},{"id":7178,"order":10157,"name":"Khardiata's Group","f_id":675458,"country_code":"sn","country":"Senegal","funded_amount":250,"town":null,"activity":"Retail","sector":"Retail","use":"to buy fabric and beauty products for a small shop. ","description":"These two women are part of the banc villageois created on December 26, 2011. They are connected through good social and professional ties. Khady, the representative of the group, is a 53-year-old married woman with 5 children: 2 boys aged 31 and 22, and 3 girls aged 29, 27 and 25. All of her children have received an education. She is on the left in the photo with her hand raised. \r\n\r\nKhady is in the business of selling beauty products and fabric. Her new 500,000 CFA Franc loan will allow her to buy bales of fabric and cases of beauty products. The resulting income will allow her to pay for food, healthcare and education for her children and to increase her savings in the banc villageois.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1536129.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/675458"},{"id":7190,"order":10168,"name":"Ziyodajon","f_id":672734,"country_code":"tj","country":"Tajikistan","funded_amount":375,"town":"Gonchi","activity":"Personal Housing Expenses","sector":"Housing","use":"to buy building materials for repairing her house.","description":"Ziyodajon was born in 1988. She is married. Ziyodajon lives in a rural area in an old house which was built with the great dedication of her grandfather. Ziyodajon began her own sewing business a year ago. Now her business is going well. From the profits of her business, she, little by little, improved her living conditions. She wants to repair her house but she has no money. She is asking for a loan of 1,700 Somoni to buy building materials for repairing her house. She awaits your support.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1311706.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/672734"},{"id":7174,"order":10186,"name":"Karanjung Lestari 2 Group","f_id":675314,"country_code":"id","country":"Indonesia","funded_amount":2400,"town":"Badung_Bali_Indonesia","activity":"Pigs","sector":"Agriculture","use":"to purchase super quality feeds.","description":"The Karanjung Lestari 2 Group pays off their loans on time. They have a meeting at the head of the group's house and make their payment one by one. In the meeting, they discuss the progress about their pigs. Most of them can maintain the pigs well and earn a satisfactory profit. The profit can fulfill their needs and saving. Now they decided to borrow a new loan to continue and improve their business. They said thank you to lenders, Kiva and MUK for supporting the business, especially in their pig business. They hope they can improve their life with this business.\n\nAfter success with their last loan, the Karanjung Lestari 2 Group received their new loan. Now, most of the members already have sows. They need a new loan to purchase feed, superior piglets, and renovate the cage. \n\nTo make the piglets grow fast, healthy, and fat, Ni Made used her loans to purchase super quality feeds. Now she has one sow and three local piglets. She hopes after 5 months, she can sell the piglets and the sow can give birth. Her husband supports her business because it can help their family's income.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1537222.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/675314"},{"id":1,"order":10189,"name":"Lina Marcela","f_id":667885,"country_code":"co","country":"Colombia","funded_amount":375,"town":"Bogot\u00e0","activity":"Higher education costs","sector":"Education","use":"to pay for a semester of tuition","description":"This is Lina Marcela.  She is a second semester cosmetology and beauty student.  She is 22, and at the moment is unemployed and looking for work.  She hopes to find a job soon since she needs an income to be able to pay for school.  She lives with her common law husband and they have a lot of dreams they want to pursue together.  She doesn't have children yet since she wants to become a professional and have what she needs to think about starting a family.\r\n\r\nIn her immediate family are her mother Mar\u00eda Claudia, who is a homemaker, and her father Victor Ricardo, who lives in Bogot\u00e1 and works in commerce.  They have been separated for approximately seven years.  She has a younger brother who is 11 and lives with their mother, and an older brother who lives in Bogot\u00e1 and is married.  \r\n\r\nShe has a lot of dreams and aspirations, both professional and personal, such as finishing the program where she is currently studying and becoming a professional with the help of alumni.  This would allow her to be a great beautician and learn a lot so she can have her own spa.  She hopes to have not just one but lots of locations around the country.  This year she is planning to save to buy a house.  \r\n\r\nShe wants the loan so she can realize her dream of having various locations around the country, since what she saves on the monthly payments she could save to put towards having her own house, which she wants so much.  She would be enormously grateful for the help of Kiva and CampoAlto.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1527394.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/667885"},{"id":7152,"order":10137,"name":"Marie's Group","f_id":673896,"country_code":"sn","country":"Senegal","funded_amount":150,"town":null,"activity":"Retail","sector":"Retail","use":"to purchase brooms, lime juice, and 'monkey bread' to sell","description":"This group was created on December 24, 2003 on the day the 'banc villageois' was inaugurated. The group is composed of women who are from the same district. Over the course of past loan cycles together, they found out how to reinforce the ties of friendship and solidarity that bind them together. And they have the common will to develop their revenue-generating businesses in a collegial manner. They all work in small-scale commerce.\r\n\r\nMs. Marie (sitting at the right with her hand raised) is the featured borrower in this group. She is married, 50 years old, and the mother of four children (two girls and two boys). She is a vendor of lime juice and  brooms made from palm leaves, which she buys in the south to resell in her district. \r\n\r\nWith this new loan, she would like to purchase 300 lots of brooms, four 20-liter containers of lime juice, and five 100-kg sacks of 'monkey bread' [the fruit of the baobab tree].\r\n\r\nThe profits will be used to alleviate her day-to-day expenses with the goal of improving the quality of her meals.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1535136.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673896"},{"id":7175,"order":10155,"name":"Dios Es Amor Group","f_id":673801,"country_code":"bo","country":"Bolivia","funded_amount":1275,"town":"La Paz \/ El Alto","activity":"Textiles","sector":"Arts","use":"to buy wholesale wool","description":"The \"Dios Es Amor\" (God Is Love) communal bank will start its second cycle with Pro Mujer as part of the German Busch Regional Office. It is made up of eight members and is directed by a board, of which Sinforosa is the President. The members of the communal bank have a variety of businesses. Among them are selling food, selling CDs and books, selling sweets, selling groceries, artisan sweaters, and selling potatoes and chu\u00f1o (an artisanal freeze-dried potato).\r\n\r\nThe loan they will take out will benefit small microbusinesswomen, of which Sinforosa is one. She indicates that she joined Pro Mujer nine years ago, joining at the invitation of a promoter of the institution who went to visit her at her home. Currently she has a business knitting sweaters; she makes it known that she learned this business by attending a women's meeting center where they taught handcrafts, and when she had the loan from Pro Mujer she decided to develop an independent business.\r\n\r\nThe loan which she will now take out is to increase capital (buying wholesale wool) that she will acquire at the fairs on the Bolivia - Peru border, and after production she will sell it at her stand. This form of work allows her to generate resources to support her family, since she is married and has two children.\r\n\r\nWhen she is asked what she likes about Pro Mujer, she responds that she likes the group work and the savings that the institution offers.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1535237.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673801"},{"id":7189,"order":10167,"name":"Melinda","f_id":675979,"country_code":"ph","country":"Philippines","funded_amount":800,"town":"San Jose, Enrile, Cagayan","activity":"General Store","sector":"Retail","use":"to buy soft drinks, eggs, breads and school supplies to sell","description":"Melinda is a retail store owner living in Enrile. She operates her store daily from 6 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock in the evening. Melinda sells grocery items, and she's willing to serve her customers properly. To make her goal realistic, she asks for a loan of 35,000 PHP (Philippines pesos) to buy soft drinks, eggs, breads and school supplies to sell. From her loan, she hopes to keep improving her income and someday offer more products.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1538090.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/675979"},{"id":7154,"order":10191,"name":"Margarita","f_id":673035,"country_code":"pe","country":"Peru","funded_amount":150,"town":"CUSCO","activity":"Hotel","sector":"Services","use":"to buy towels and soap","description":"Margarita lives in the city of Cusco in southern Peru, where she was born.  She's a hardworking and enterprising Cusco native who makes a living providing lodging to tourists from Peru and abroad.  She has been in this business for several years and it's going very well for her.\n\nMargarita needs this loan to buy towels and little bars of soap.\n\nShe's grateful to the lenders for their help and is happy about the loan.  She promises to make her payments punctually and responsibly.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/marketing.tieks.com\/files\/foundation\/1534273.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673035"},{"id":7170,"order":10151,"name":"Antonia","f_id":673783,"country_code":"pe","country":"Peru","funded_amount":1425,"town":"CUSCO","activity":"Home Products Sales","sector":"Retail","use":"to buy parts.","description":"Antonia continues to work in her kitchen accessories business and sells things like burners and spare parts for stoves.  She works from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and gets ahead through this business.  Her dream is to expand her business and is asking for this loan to buy spare parts and burners.\r\n\r\nShe is happy about the loan and is committed to making her payments on time.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1219925.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673783"},{"id":7155,"order":10138,"name":"Madjaila","f_id":674209,"country_code":"ph","country":"Philippines","funded_amount":175,"town":"Narra, Palawan","activity":"Charcoal Sales","sector":"Retail","use":"to buy additional sacks of charcoal to sell","description":"Madjaila is 39 years old and married with seven children.\r\n\r\nMadjaila works hard to provide for her family. She runs a business buying and selling charcoal in the Philippines and requested a 17,000 PHP loan through NWTF to buy additional sacks of charcoal to sell.\r\n\r\nMadjaila has borrowed and repaid 24 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the business buying and selling charcoal for 10 years and also earns an income from buying and selling young coconuts.\r\n\r\nMadjaila aspires to save enough to provide a secure future for her family.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1535713.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/674209"},{"id":7140,"order":10129,"name":"Adama's Group","f_id":673883,"country_code":"sn","country":"Senegal","funded_amount":275,"town":null,"activity":"Food Production\/Sales","sector":"Food","use":"to buy a 50kg sack of sugar and a 20kg bucket of groundnut paste to resell.","description":"This group is made up of very committed women who have, since the creation of the Banc Villageois on 25th November 2003, managed to develop not only income generating activities - primarily small trading businesses -  but also good relations based on solidarity and mutual help. \r\n\r\nAdama (who is standing on the far right of the photo with her hand raised) is the star borrower of the group. She is 35 years old, married and mother to two boys. She sells sugar, palm oil and groundnut paste, which she buys wholesale to sell on retail. She has good experience in this business as she has been doing it for more than five years.\r\n\r\nWith he new loan she is planning to buy a 50kg sack of sugar and a 20kg bucket of groundnut paste to resell.\r\n\r\nHer profits will on the one hand enable to provide for herself more easily, and on the other to buy clothes for her two boys.","image_alt":"","text_max_chars":"210","img_src":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/img\/w450\/1535080.jpg","kiva_link":"https:\/\/www.kiva.org\/lend\/673883"}],"paging":{"next":"https:\/\/kiva-api.apps.tieks.com\/?page=2"}}