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Rosa Idalia
El Salvador | Retail | Home Products Sales
Rosa lives in the family home with a cousin and her nephew. She manages a store selling household products and has a photocopier, and has…more
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Ruth Elena Quintero Noriega
Colombia | Retail | General Store
Thirty-six-year-old Ruth used her previous Kiva loan to buy food, supplies, liquor, and vegetables. She sold them and reinvested in her…more
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Carmen Yazmin
Mexico | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Carmen Yazmin is a single mother and has a young daughter. She is currently living in her parents' home. On weekends, Carmen sells used…more
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Adrian Gerardo Lizano Vega
Costa Rica | Agriculture | Farming
Adrian is 45 years old and lives with his family in a community called San Carlos in the second province of Costa Rica, Alajuela. The area…more
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Jose Elias
Nicaragua | Agriculture | Agriculture
Jose has been a simple farmer since he was very young and is committed to working in agriculture. He lives in the region of El Rosario,…more
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Dayanat Ismayilov
Azerbaijan | Retail | Retail
Dayanat is married and has three children. He is 36 years old. Dayanat is an internally displaced person (IDP). An IDP is someone who had…more
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Oscar Leonidas
Peru | Retail | Retail
This partner belongs to the communal bank “ATIPAY”. The bank is located in the district of Cusco, belonging to the Cusco province and…more
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Mary Wambui
Kenya | Retail | Charcoal Sales
Mary is forty-five years old a business lady, she is married to Charles a business man. They are blessed with three children. She has been…more
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Luís Manuel Quintana Centeno
Nicaragua | Retail | Retail
Luís Manuel is from the lovely municipality of El Sauce. He is a tenacious person. He, together with his family, has a lot of visions…more
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Oscar Francisco Echavarria
Colombia | Retail | Shoe Sales
Oscar is a person who has had to overcome many problems in his life. However, through his desire to get ahead, he has overcome them. He has…more
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Maria Sarbelia
El Salvador | Food | Cafe
María says that she decided to take out a new loan because this way of working has allowed her to grow her business. She has been able to…more
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Abd Al Muhsen
Jordan | Food | Grocery Store
Abd Al Muhsen is a 43-year-old married man from Al Hashmi-Amman, Jordan, and a father of four children. He has a grocery store and is…more
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Diana Martinez Barbosa
Colombia | Services | Beauty Salon
42-year-old Diana lives with her two young children in the city of Barranquilla. She is the owner of a very well located beauty salon.…more
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Athanus Muendo Mutania
Kenya | Construction | Carpentry
Athanus is 38 years old. He is married with one child aged 8. He does carpentry to earn a living; he has been in the business for seven…more
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Tsuma Omari
Kenya | Agriculture | Animal Sales
Tsuma is a married man. He has 3 children, and 2 are enrolled in school. Tsuma operates a meat goat-selling business, and he sells his…more
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Isaiah Sironka
Kenya | Transportation | Motorcycle Transport
Isaiah is 36 years old, married with one child, age 12. He does motorcycle transport to earn a living. He has been in the business for 3…more
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Asri Lestari Group
Indonesia | Agriculture | Pigs
Because the price for feed is expensive, the Asri Lestari group continues to borrow a loan from MUK. They purchased piglets with the last…more
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Abednego Amhanda
Kenya | Agriculture | Dairy
Abednego is 55 and has been in farming for 15 years. He is married and has five children: two adults and three minors. He is currently…more
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Reynelda De Los Angeles Mendoza…
Nicaragua | Food | Grocery Store
Reynelda still has her general store business, that she has well-stocked. She also runs a small café, and her husband looks after the…more
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Odalys Marleny Ruiz Ojeda
Peru | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Odalys, who is 23 years old, is a single mother who is very hard-working and at the same time entrepreneurial. She lives with her son in…more
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Baha'a Al Dein
Jordan | Services | Barber Shop
Baha'a Al Dein is a 20-year-old single man from Sahab, Jordan. Baha'a Al Dein has his own barbershop and he is requesting a youth loan of…more
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Wilian Alexander
El Salvador | Agriculture | Poultry
Wilian is 38 years old and lives with his life partner and two children. He has worked raising chickens for ten years. He began helping a…more
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Joice Otieno
Kenya | Clothing | Used Clothing
Joice is a forty-year-old lady from Homabay County and is married to Noah. They have five children aged two to 14 years. Joice operates…more
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Luz Fatima Saldarriaga Jimenez
Colombia | Retail | General Store
Luz Fatima has been characterized as a person who has always sought a better life for her family. Luz lives with her husband of about 13…more
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Fermin Antonio
El Salvador | Food | Bakery
Fermín applies for a new loan because he is happy with the support of the microfinance institution PADECOSM that helped him to keep his…more
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Miguel Martinez
United States | Transportation | Transportation
MARCO Trucking of McAllen, Texas is a one-truck business that hauls freight across the United States run by Miguel. For Miguel, hauling is…more
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Mary Emali
Kenya | Services | Tailoring
Mary is 50 years old, a mother of eight children aged between three and 22 years, and is married to Joseph. They come from Migori, West…more
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Oyunnomin Luvsandagva
Mongolia | Food | Butcher Shop
Oyunnomin is 39 years old and lives with her husband and 2 daughters in Tuv province of Central Mongolia. Her husband is unemployed but…more
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Janet Akeyo
Kenya | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Janet is a thirty-seven-year-old lady from Kisumu City. She is married to Francis and they have four children aged between eight and…more
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Maritza Magda Escobar Taleno
Nicaragua | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses
Ms. Mariza continues with her business selling eyeglasses and cell phone cases among other items. She has expanded sales due to a more…more
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Berta Alicia
El Salvador | Agriculture | Poultry
Berta has decided to access a new loan because she needs to continue investing in her business so that she does not neglect it and…more
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Patrick Omulo
Kenya | Services | Hotel
Patrick is a 33-year-old man from Kisumu city in the western part of Kenya. He is married to Norah and they have three children aged six,…more
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Thomas Gesicho Ongeri
Kenya | Retail | Retail
Thomas is 37 years old, married, and has four children. He sells car tires to earn a living. He has been in the business for eight years…more
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Cristian Joel
El Salvador | Transportation | Taxi
Cristian lives with his parents and has a taxi business that he has been in for two years. His father bought him the taxi so he would have…more
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Apolinario
El Salvador | Agriculture | Farm Supplies
Apolinario is requesting another loan with the goal of continuing his work in agriculture, growing irrigation corn. He’ll buy the…more
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Roque Castrodes
Philippines | Transportation | Motorcycle Transport
Roque runs a "habal-habal" (motorcycle taxi) business in San Miguel, Bohol. He is thirty-two years old, married, with two children aged…more
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Sagitario Group
Peru | Agriculture | Pigs
Victoria belongs to the Sagitario communal bank located in the Lurigancho Chosica district. This communal bank is made up of seven members…more
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2,362entrepreneurs funded this week.
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