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Ariel Francisco
Nicaragua | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses
26-year-old Ariel is married and has been working for Juigalpa Council as a machinery operator for four years. He is requesting his second…more
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Matano Mkaha
Kenya | Retail | Retail
Matano is a 41-year-old retail shop proprietor in Mariakani. He is married and the father of two school-going children. His business has…more
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George Kangethe Kamau
Kenya | Retail | General Store
George is a businessman. He runs a retail shop and a motorcycle transport business to earn a living. He has been in business for two…more
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Christian Bell Aguado Huamani
Peru | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Christian is a very enthusiastic young man who lives in the hamlet of Santiago, Ica Peru, which is characterized by its agriculture, its…more
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Nouwagnon Group
Benin | Food | Food
The Nouwagnon group is composed of 3 people who all live in the same district of Benin. Odette, the group's representative, is the one with…more
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Gladys Laura
Bolivia | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Sra. Gladys is a former client of this institution. She worked for several years in the town of El Alto, and now is working in the town of…more
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Jean Carlos Arrunategui García
Peru | Retail | General Store
Jean Carlos is a 22 year old young man who is very responsible and hardworking. He is single and does not have children. He lives with his…more
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Rosa Isabel Garcia Cano
Nicaragua | Retail | Retail
Rosa Isabel's business is selling general merchandise. She requested her previous loan to invest in her business, buying a variety of…more
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Artyom Grigoryan
Armenia | Food | Food
Artyom is a young entrepreneur from Yerevan. He trades fruits, vegetables and juices from his shop. Artyom lives with his mother, who…more
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Vivomingbe Group
Benin | Food | Cereals
The group VIVOMINGBE is composed of three persons who reside in the same district. This is the third time this group has requested…more
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John Amuko
Kenya | Retail | General Store
John is 52 years old and married to Magdalene. They are blessed with four children. He runs a general shop and also a hotel in the area…more
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Pedro Palacios
Paraguay | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Pedro is from Ciudad del Este. He is married and has five children who are all still school age and dependent on him. Pedro's business is…more
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Grabiel Augusto Legua Quispe
Peru | Food | Butcher Shop
Grabiel lives in the city of Nazca. He is 47 years old but he says that he has the spirit and joy of a 20 year old. He is the father of 2…more
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John Njuguna
Kenya | Food | Milk Sales
For the last three years John has been selling milk in Kiambu town. He is a 30 year old single man. John was introduced to KADET LTD. by…more
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Mugala Mwingo
Kenya | Retail | General Store
Mugala is a 44-year-old married man. He has eight children and all are enrolled in school. His wife's name is Amina and she works as a…more
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Artem Sargsyan
Armenia | Transportation | Taxi
Artem lives in Yerevan with his wife and two school-age children. He is a taxi driver who rents a car to drive. Artem wants to purchase his…more
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Alvaro Elias Ospina Ortiz
Colombia | Retail | Retail
Alvaro is known by his relatives and the people in his area as a very hard-working person who is very dedicated to his son. He is the…more
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Abie Koroma
Sierra Leone | Retail | Retail
This is 52 year-old Abie. She is married and has 4 children, aged 30, 25, 18 and 12. In 2007, Abie established her used electronics and…more
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Carlos Eduardo
El Salvador | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Carlos is requesting a new loan to buy a range of clothing such as shirts, pants, blouses and dresses. With this investment, he hopes to…more
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Shahera Madi
Palestine | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses
Shahera is a 30-year-old woman, a mother with two sons and four daughters. Her husband is a Palestinian National Authority employee who…more
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Alexander Kiva
Ukraine | Agriculture | Farming
Alexander grows early vegetables in hothouses: tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes. He has three hothouses and a good farmstead. He has rented…more
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Los Portales Group
Peru | Agriculture | Animal Sales
“Los Portales” Communal Bank is part of the “Asociación Arariwa” and is comprised of six women and three men. The Communal Bank…more
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Jarryson Munyoki Mwendwa
Kenya | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Jarryson is thirty-three years old, married, with two children. He sells clothes to earn a living. He has been in the business for five…more
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Sevada Martirosyan
Armenia | Agriculture | Dairy
Sevada is a 24-year-old farmer. He lives with his wife and child. Sevada would like to expand his farm, so he has applied for a loan.…more
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Gagik Arakelyan
Armenia | Agriculture | Livestock
Gagik lives in Nor Sasnashen village with his wife and three children. He has been engaged in farming and cattle breeding for six years.…more
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San Roque Group
Paraguay | Clothing | Clothing
13 women from the city of Caacupé learned about a program for motivated women from the Fundación Paraguaya (the Paraguayan Foundation)…more
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Stephen Nyamu
Kenya | Food | Butcher Shop
Stephen has operated his butchery business in Nakuru town for the last three years. He is 53 years old, married to Mercy and they have…more
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Naun Efraín
El Salvador | Retail | General Store
Naun Efraín is 28 years old and he lives in his won house with his family group which is made up of his 35 year old wife and their two…more
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Anderson Vera Gomez
Colombia | Retail | Shoe Sales
Anderson, who is 25 years old, sells footwear of various types, which he acquires in stores in the city of Barranquilla and also buys from…more
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Maina Gichuru
Kenya | Retail | General Store
Maina is a 38-year-old married man. He has four children and all are enrolled in school. His wife's name is Florence and she works as a…more
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Leonila Aracely
El Salvador | Clothing | Clothing Sales
Leonila is currently requesting a second loan to purchase an order of American clothing such as shirts, blouses, and handbags, and in this…more
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Hector Morales
Paraguay | Retail | Retail
Señor Hector is from the city of Caaguazú. He is 30, and has been married to Cinthia, age 25, for three years. They do not have any…more
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Gustavo Ortiz
Paraguay | Services | Sewing
Gustavo is 34 years old and lives in a house in the city of Paraguarí. He is married to Agustina, 37, who is an employee of Crisvil. They…more
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Juan Carlos
Bolivia | Retail | Hardware
Juan sells hardware accessories in the Quillacollo fair. It's three days a week and once he finishes his work he must pick up his…more
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Peter Kipsoi
Kenya | Agriculture | Dairy
Peter is a resident and a farmer in Kitale, Western Kenya. He is aged twenty-seven and is married with two children aged six and one. He…more
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Fabricio Del Socorro Ruiz Toruño
Nicaragua | Retail | General Store
Fabricio Del Socorro has a grocery store. He has already taken loans from Fundación León 2000 over a number of cycles in which he has…more
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6seconds between loans.
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5,894borrowers funded this week.
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3,459new lenders joined this week.
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43,759lenders made a loan this week.
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98.91%repayment rate to date.
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$3,049,425lent this week.
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