Portacia Bienes


Status: Paying Back

$150.00   Loan Amount
96% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Portacia Bienes
Location: Duanguican,tudela,misamis Occidental, Philippines
Activity: General Store

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $150.00
Loan Use: To purchase additional inventory
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Jun 1, 2009
Date Disbursed: May 19, 2009
Date Funded:Jun 2, 2009

About the Country

Country:Philippines
Avg Annual Income:$1,175.00
Currency:Philippines Pesos (PHP)
Exchange Rate:47.2165 PHP = 1 USD



Portacia Bienes is from the village of Duanguincan, Tudela, Misamis Occidental. She is 48 years old, widowed, and has three adult children. Portacia owns and operates a general store where she sells food and daily-use products. Portacia has been engaged in this business for over 10 years and earns approximately 1,000 PHP a month.

In 2007, Portacia joined PMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and ability to engage in business activities. Portacia has successfully repaid a previous loan of 6,000 PHP from PMPC. She used this previous loan to purchase additional inventory. Portacia is requesting a new loan of 6,000 PHP that she will use as additional capital to purchase more inventory. This loan will be her third loan from PMPC. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to financially support the immediate members of her family.

About PMPC:

Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC) is one of the most progressive cooperatives in northwestern Mindanao. It reaches out to the rural poor using the Grameen model.

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Journal entries for Portacia Bienes


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Portacia Bienes
Location: Duanguican,tudela,misamis Occidental, Philippines

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Portacia Bienes by Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC) in Philippines. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 5 months of this loan, Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Duanguican,tudela,misamis Occidental, Philippines
Jun 3, 2009
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Portacia Bienes
 
Entrepreneur: Portacia Bienes
Location: Duanguican,tudela,misamis Occidental, Philippines

Portacia said: "I thank God for giving Paglaum MPC as the instrument for my business to grow. My grocery store is now plenty of variety goods" Thank you so much.


Posted by Carmen Alegrado from Duanguican,tudela,misamis Occidental, Philippines
Sep 23, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Portacia Bienes

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
August 2009 $36.00 $36.00 Repayment Received
September 2009 $30.00 $30.00 Repayment Received
October 2009 $24.00 $24.00 Repayment Received
November 2009 $30.00 $30.00 Repayment Received
December 2009 $24.00 $24.00 Repayment Received
January 2010 $6.00 Available Jan 1