Karín


Status: Paying Back

$1,000.00   Loan Amount
45% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

(For privacy reasons, the Field Partner has requested that last name be undisclosed)
Name: Karín
Location: Lima, Peru
Activity: Shoe Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $1,000.00
Loan Use: To buy a showcase for her shoes
Repayment Term: 10 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Irregularly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Jul 27, 2009
Date Disbursed: Jul 1, 2009
Date Funded:Jul 27, 2009

About the Country

Country:Peru
Avg Annual Income:$6,715.00
Currency:Peru Nuevos Soles (PEN)
Exchange Rate:3.0250 PEN = 1 USD



Karín is a young lady of 25 years who always tries to support her parents, with whom she lives and enjoys spending pleasant moments.


When she finished her studies, she wanted to have her own business and her parents helped her to set up a shoe stall at the local market. She has been selling shoes there for two years and during that time she has managed to gain many loyal customers who visit her every day, as she offers lower prices than her competitors. In order to increase her sales, she starts already at 9 a.m. and works until 6 p.m. She buys some merchandise in the city center, although most of it comes from merchant friends in other cities, where shoes of a very high quality are produced at a low price. Thus she can earn more money and yet offer good quality to her customers.


Now Karín is planning to expand her stall and offer new brands of shoes. As a member of a community bank, she particularly enjoys the commitment and effort of her group members. During the 13 loans she has had so far with Microfinanzas Prisma, she went through many difficult situations that she managed to overcome. She will invest the 3000 nuevos soles of her loan in the purchase of a showcase for the new shoes that she will buy.

Translated from Spanish by Robert Mouris, Kiva Volunteer


Karín tiene 25 años, es una joven que trata siempre de apoyar a sus padres, con quienes vive y con quienes disfruta gratos momentos. Desde que terminó sus estudios quiso tener un negocio propio y sus padres le ayudaron a instalar un puesto de zapatos en el mercado de su localidad. Lugar donde vende desde hace 2 años y en este tiempo ha logrado ganar gran cantidad de clientes, quienes la visitan todos los días, teniendo como ventaja sobre su competencia los precios cómodos que ofrece. Pero para incrementar sus ventas, comienza su jornada desde las 9 de la mañana hasta las 6 de la tarde y su mercadería la compra en centro de la ciudad, aunque la mayoría de las veces la adquiere a través de comerciantes amigos de otras ciudades donde fabrican calzado de muy buena calidad y a precios bajos, posibilitando mejorar sus ingresos y la calidad de sus productos. Ahora Karín tiene pensado ampliar su puesto para ofertar nuevas marcas de zapatos. Como parte de un banco comunal lo que más le agrada es el compromiso y esfuerzo que ponen sus compañeras de grupo, ya que hay un buen grado de compromiso por mejorar, y durante los 13 préstamos que ha tenido con Microfinanzas PRISMA ha pasado por muchas situaciones difíciles que ha logrado superar. Los 3000 soles que solicita los invertirá en la compra de un exhibidor para sus nuevos modelos de zapatos que adquirirá.

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Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Karín
Location: Lima, Peru

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Karín by Microfinanzas PRISMA in Peru. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 8 months of this loan, Microfinanzas PRISMA will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Lima, Peru
Jul 28, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Karín

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
September 2009 $108.50 $108.50 Repayment Received
October 2009 $109.12 $109.12 Repayment Received
November 2009 $116.77 $116.77 Repayment Received
December 2009 $122.01 $122.01 Repayment Received
January 2010 $126.68 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $133.21 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $138.77 Available Mar 1  
May 2010 $144.94 Available May 1