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Luisa Ccahua Surco
Peru | Arts | Crafts
Luisa continues buying and selling crafts especially textiles like blankets. She buys the merchandise which consists in alpaca, sheep and…more
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Victor Fortunato Ajalcriña Diaz
Peru | Food | Grocery Store
Victor is a very hard-working 54-year-old who considers himself a young man of 20. He is married and has six children who are grown up. In…more
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Heydi Sugey Guerrero Torrez
Nicaragua | Retail | Retail
Heydi is an enterprising woman, dedicated to selling milk products. She has an additional activity which is selling general merchandise.…more
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Seyfaddin Kocharli
Azerbaijan | Transportation | Taxi
Seyfaddin lives in the Baku region with his family. He is not married and has no children. Seyfaddin has had his own taxi for three…more
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Norbey De Jesus Gomez Guarin
Colombia | Retail | General Store
Norbey owns a store where he sells different products such as clothing for the entire family, toys, and souvenirs. He began this business…more
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Luis Alfonso Oviedo Rodriguez
Colombia | Food | Restaurant
Luis lives in the city of Cartagena de Indias, where he has his own oriental food restaurant. At 26 years old, he decided to embark on his…more
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Shadrack Munga
Kenya | Transportation | Motorcycle Transport
Shadrack, a 31-year-old married boda boda (motorcycle) operator in Shanzu, Mombasa, has been ferrying people with his motorcycle for the…more
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Abdelqader Darweesh
Palestine | Services | Services
AbdelQader is an 18-year-old young, single man. For 2 years, he has had a project leasing chairs and tables for occasions such as weddings.…more
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Gregorio Davila
Nicaragua | Retail | Retail
Gregorio, a hardworking merchant, used his previous loan to buy merchandise thus improving his sales and acquiring more customers which…more
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Omari Mlango
Kenya | Transportation | Motorcycle Transport
Omari is a 35-year-old married man with four children, three of whom attend school while the other one is still too young for school. He…more
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Artush Ghazaryan
Armenia | Agriculture | Agriculture
Artush is 39. He lives in Tsovagyugh village, Sevan area with his wife and school age children, a son and two daughters. Artush has a…more
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Raphael Ndirangu
Kenya | Retail | General Store
Raphael is 30 years old and single. He has been running a retail shop business for the last six years earning a monthly income of KES…more
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Susanna Nalbandyan
Armenia | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Susanna lives in Yerevan with her parents, sister and brother. She trades in clothing in the city market. Clothing sales help Susanna to…more
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Humberto Martinez Arroyave
Colombia | Food | Food Stall
Humberto has been a very hard-working person his whole life. Thanks to this quality, he has been able to get ahead in life and provide for…more
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Patrick Kisoi Maundu
Kenya | Services | Vehicle Repairs
Patrick is 38 years old, married with three children aged 2, 11, and 16. He repairs motor vehicles and sells car radiators. He has been in…more
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Jorge Eduardo
El Salvador | Food | Food
Jorge lives with his parents, who have their own house. He has been employed at a private company for two years. In addition, he runs a…more
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Manuk Mervazyan
Armenia | Food | Food Production/Sales
Manuk is a barber. To make ends meet for his family, he is also engaged in agriculture. Because of bad weather conditions, Manuk hasn't…more
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Abdul S. Bangura
Sierra Leone | Construction | Construction Supplies
Salone Microfinance Trust (SMT), a partner of Kiva.org based in Makeni, northern Sierra Leone, is very pleased to present to you Abdul, a…more
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Jackson Wandera
Kenya | Transportation | Taxi
Jackson is a 29-year-old single man who owns a house with electricity and piped water. His greatest monthly expense is the high cost of…more
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Lisset Vanesa Barrios Morales
Peru | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Lisset, 25, lives in Ica, Perú. This city is located in the Sechura Desert about four hours south of Lima, the nation’s capital, and…more
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Stephen Wainaina
Kenya | Retail | Retail
Stephen is a 38-year-old businessman who is married to Patricia, a farmer. They are blessed with three children aged 8, 6 and 2 years. He…more
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Jose Antonio
El Salvador | Food | Food Stall
José lives with his wife and two adult children in the same house. As a family they run a restaurant. They have had the business for 15…more
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Zoilo Adalverto Rizo
Nicaragua | Construction | Bricks
Zoilo is from the municiality of El Sauce. He has lived all his life in this municipality with his family, who are honest and hard-working…more
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Augusto Cesar Ibarra Canales
Nicaragua | Retail | Retail
Augusto, who is 25 years old, is a native of Estelí, single and works as a salesman. He makes his living selling dental equipment. His…more
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Mohamed S. Fofanah
Sierra Leone | Construction | Construction Supplies
In the photo above is Mohamed, a 49-year-old secondary school teacher in the city of Makeni, located in northern Sierra Leone. A teacher…more
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Jessica Isabel Plaza Choez
Ecuador | Retail | Personal Products Sales
Jessica, who is 32 years old, is a hardworking woman. She began selling cosmetics to help with the household costs. Now she has a small…more
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Edgar De Jesus Carmona Loaiza
Colombia | Food | Food
For 16 years, Edgar has been working in a delicatessen where he sells liquor, snacks, soda and other products. 35-year-old Edgar dreams of…more
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Victor Manuel Garcia Gonzalez
Nicaragua | Agriculture | Livestock
Víctor Manuel is an entrepreneur who started his own business, which is the purchase and sale of livestock. He learned this business in…more
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Anvar Zaripov
Tajikistan | Retail | Shoe Sales
Anvar is a hardworking young man. He is married and has a shoe and clothing retail business together with his wife. They are also raising…more
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Felix Ivan Villamar Garcia
Ecuador | Agriculture | Farming
Felix Ivan is 25 years old and lives in a common-law relationship with his companion and a child. He lives in the Ventanas Canton in the…more
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Akram Abu Shabaneh
Palestine | Transportation | Taxi
Akram is a 30-year-old single man. He is a taxi driver, which is his only source of income. Akram wants to increase the efficiency of his…more
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René Antonio
El Salvador | Retail | Retail
René Antonio is 54 and has his own house from which he runs his business. He works hard every day selling propane gas, an activity that…more
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4,423entrepreneurs funded this week.
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98.88%repayment rate to date.
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26,151lenders made a loan this week.
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$1,934,100lent this week.
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10seconds between loans.
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5,219new lenders joined this week.
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970Kiva Cards purchased this week.
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