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Abduchabor
Tajikistan | Transportation | Taxi
Abduchabor is married, and a responsible father of three children. His wife is a homemaker. For more than 15 years Abduchabor has been…more
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Harutyun Khachatryan
Armenia | Agriculture | Pigs
Harutyun is engaged in agriculture. He keeps cattle and cultivates land. Harutyun needs some financial investments to develop pig-breeding.…more
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William Ivan Jimenez
Colombia | Retail | Shoe Sales
William has dedicated a great part of his life looking to generate his own income. That is why he has started various different businesses…more
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Fraddy De Jesús Jaramillo
Colombia | Services | Electronics Repair
Fraddy is a person who has always wanted to offer his wife and 3 children the best possible quality of life. It is for this reason that he…more
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Romeo Comodas
Philippines | Transportation | Motorcycle Transport
This is Romeo, 49, resident of Tanza, Cavite, Philippines. He is married to Emma, a housewife and mother to their six children. Romeo,…more
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Isatu Koroma
Sierra Leone | Food | Food Production/Sales
This is 35-year-old Isatu. She is married and has 2 children, ages 13 and 9 years. In 2006, Isatu established her groundnut and beans…more
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Juana Mercedes
Nicaragua | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Juana is 62 years old and is a clothing vendor. She has made a living from this activity for the past 12 years. She is a native of León.…more
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Peter Riziki
Kenya | Construction | Construction Supplies
Peter is 26 years old, married and the father of one child. For the last two years, he has earned a living by selling construction…more
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Garun Paronyan
Armenia | Agriculture | Cattle
Garun is engaged in agriculture. He keeps cattle. Garun needs some financial investments to expand his farm. With the requested loan he…more
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Abu Bakarr Timbo
Sierra Leone | Retail | Cosmetics Sales
Abu Bakarr is 48 years old and is married with three children, ages 7, 10, and 19. He has one additional dependent, who lives with him…more
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Sorangel Garcia Muñoz
Colombia | Retail | General Store
Dedication and love for her family are the best ways to describe Sorangel, a woman who at age 52 has always looked for a way to help her 4…more
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Estishhad Abed
Palestine | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses
Estishhad is a conservative woman, so her husband is shown here, photographed at the FATEN branch. Estishhad, age 24, is a young married…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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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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Zaida Del Carmen Escorcia Cortez
Nicaragua | Services | Cobbler
Zaida, married, is 57 years old. She is the owner of her own business making military boots, and has been doing this for 34 years. She…more
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Blanca Nidia Corrales Aguilar
Nicaragua | Retail | General Store
Blanca Nidia is an entrepreneur that has given her daughters a good start in life. Her greatest dream is for her daughters to complete…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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Said Mwamlisho
Kenya | Retail | Retail
Said is a married man with five children, three of whom attend school. He owns a house that has neither electricity nor piped water. His…more
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Benjamin Fundi Beja
Kenya | Transportation | Motorcycle Transport
Benjamin Fundi is a 36-year-old boda boda (motorcycle) operator in Changamwe, Mombasa. He is the married father of one. He has been in the…more
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Shamsiddin
Tajikistan | Retail | Retail
Shamsiddin is a resident of the region Rudaki. He is 29 years old and married. His wife is a house wife. He works in retail. He owns a…more
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Zoljargal Buyandelger
Mongolia | Services | Tailoring
Mr. Zoljargal, 26, works as driver in the state organization. He lives with his family in Kherlen, a boundary town of western Mongolia. His…more
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Victor Manuel Olivas Lopez
Costa Rica | Agriculture | Cattle
Victor Manuel is a 47 year old man who lives with his wife and children in a community called Upala de San Carlos in the Alajuena province.…more
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John Jairo Linares Perez
Colombia | Retail | Retail
John, aged 34, buys and sells second-hand items such as railings, doors and windows which he repairs in the hands of the painters and…more
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Juan Carlos
El Salvador | Construction | Construction Supplies
Juan decided once again to obtain a loan; this time it will be to improve his house by strengthening his sewer pipes. He will buy pipes…more
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Daniel Mose
Kenya | Transportation | Transportation
Daniel is 40 years old, married to Lydiah, and they have four children. He has been in the business of operating a public transport vehicle…more
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Bat-Ulzii Sandagdorj
Mongolia | Transportation | Taxi
Mr. Bat-Ulzii, 34, runs a taxi around the districts of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. He has been conducting his business…more
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Areg Mikayelyan
Armenia | Retail | Mobile Phones
Areg is 27 years old. He lives in Yerevan with his parents and sister. Areg has been trading mobile phones for four years and now wants to…more
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Eucaris David Uribe
Colombia | Retail | Personal Products Sales
Eucaris has been working for the last six years, since the sole income of her husband was not enough to cover the household bills, where…more
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Jorge Luis Hernandez Mendoza
Peru | Retail | Shoe Sales
Jorge Luis is 39 years old. He lives in Ica, a city currently characterized by the level of investment, not only in agricultural exports,…more
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Oliver Odwori Oduko
Kenya | Services | Laundry
Oliver, 28 years old, runs a laundry to earn a living. He has been in the business for seven years and has employed one person. He…more
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Samvel Muradyan
Armenia | Agriculture | Livestock
Samvel lives in the Shirak region of Armenia in the village of Kaps. He is engaged in raising livestock. The village of Kaps is favorable…more
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Elsa Leonor Ramos Bermudez
Nicaragua | Retail | Retail
Elsa Leonor is 51 and runs a grocery store out of her house. Her greatest dream always has been to have her own business, which over the…more
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Marina Floricelda Ponce Ponce
Ecuador | Food | Grocery Store
The members of La Unión Hace La Fuerza Communal Bank meet every fifteen days in Rocafuerte canton. This place is known throughout the…more
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Manuel Henry Cabrera Galindo
Peru | Transportation | Taxi
Manuel, 28, works in public transportation in Ica. Ica is renowned as one of the main city for investments thanks to the new commercial…more
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Jose Bacilo Merlo
Nicaragua | Retail | Retail
José, a humble and hardworking man, is married and working with his wife at a local store, selling many products. This has been his source…more
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Luis Pablo Vivanco Hernandez
Peru | Transportation | Taxi
Luis Pablo lives in the city of Ica which is known for the increase in investments, not only in agroexports but also in new shopping…more
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Gonzalo De Jesus Castaño Sanchez
Colombia | Services | Cobbler
With more than 35 years’ experience, Gonzalo has been making women’s and men’s shoes to distribute to shoe merchants in the city of…more
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