Editha Torres


Status: Paying Back

$150.00   Loan Amount
56% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Editha Torres
Location: Plaridel, Misamis Occidental, Philippines
Activity: Food Production/Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $150.00
Loan Use: To purchase additional inventory for food business
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Jul 24, 2009
Date Disbursed: Jul 17, 2009
Date Funded:Jul 24, 2009

About the Country

Country:Philippines
Avg Annual Income:$1,175.00
Currency:Philippines Pesos (PHP)
Exchange Rate:48.1410 PHP = 1 USD



Editha Torres makes a living primarily from making and selling specialty food products in her community. She is 54 years old, married and has one school-age child. They are from the town of Plaridel. Editha has been in this business for over four years and earns approximately 2,000 PHP a month.


In 2009, Editha joined PMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living conditions and enable her to engage in business activities. Editha is requesting a loan of 7000 PHP which will be used to purchase additional inventory and for working capital. This will be Editha's first loan from PMPC. She plans to use the additional revenue to improve the general living conditions 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.


Note: To maximize efficiency and reduce costs, this loan was posted using a template to automate the translation by Kiva. Given that manual translation of entrepreneur profiles is costly, Kiva created this template for our Field Partner to allow them to continue to post loans in English while providing quality and accurate information to Kiva lenders.


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Journal entries for Editha Torres


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Editha Torres
Location: Plaridel, Misamis Occidental, Philippines

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Editha Torres by Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC) in Philippines. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 6 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 Plaridel, Misamis Occidental, Philippines
Jul 25, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Editha Torres

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
September 2009 $0.00 $12.00  
October 2009 $24.00 $24.00 Repayment Received
November 2009 $30.00 $24.00 Repayment Received
December 2009 $24.00 $24.00 Repayment Received
January 2010 $24.00 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $30.00 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $18.00 Available Mar 1