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$1,506,400.00 lent.
17,982 lenders made a loan.
4,148 entrepreneurs funded.
4,108 new lenders joined.
98.04% repayment rate to date.
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Featured Entrepreneurs

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Ekrema Palestine Computers Ekrema is a 24-year-old, single young man living with his parents in Ramallah city of Palestine. He has a small... more >>

$2,500

0% raised

Good Friends Group Liberia Food Production/Sales Kpana Chorlu is the leader of a group of five borrowers called Good Friends. She is 52 years old and a widow with... more >>

$425

52% raised

Sabes 1 Group Senegal Transportation SABES 1 is an association which seeks the convergence of all deeds and doers for creating a unified framework for... more >>

$1,600

39% raised

Rosa Peru Sewing Rosa is 37 years old. She lives in her own home with her husband and children. For two years, Rosa has been... more >>

$350

28% raised

Kokobeh Group Sierra Leone Food Market Here are Magret Fornah, Aminata Conteh, Salamatu Dawo, Ramatu Sesay and M’Balu Silla. They are small scale... more >>

$650

34% raised

Isabel Cristina Saballos Rivas Nicaragua Farming Sra. Isabel Cristina has been growing pineapple for 15 years. Her mother gave her a plot of land for her to work so... more >>

$300

50% raised

Rosanna Sevilla Philippines General Store Rosanna Sevilla is a 34-year-old married woman from the town of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. She believes that if... more >>

$500

25% raised

Kyyal Musabaeva's Group Kyrgyzstan Milk Sales Musabaeva Kyyal is the leader of this group. Kyyal has two children. Her husband is a cab driver. Her son, who is the... more >>

$1,375

92% raised

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Team:	KivaFriends - Enterprise Loans
Description:	The Enterprising Entrepreneur recognizes there is a clear need in the local community and then steps up to fill it. The best way to describe is by example - I MADE WENTEN a...
We Loan Because:	These loans will not only help the individual, and their immediate family - but because s/he is helping others to grow their businesses, it will also help the larger community live long and prosper...
Created:	August 26, 2008
Number of Members:	20