Safa


Status: Paying Back

$1,000.00   Loan Amount
9% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

(For privacy reasons, the Field Partner has requested that last name be undisclosed)
Name: Safa
Location: Dier Al-balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Activity: Grocery Store

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $1,000.00
Loan Use: To buy new products for her store
Repayment Term: 15 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: N/A
Date Listed: Aug 25, 2009
Date Disbursed: Aug 19, 2009
Date Funded:Aug 26, 2009

About the Country

Country:Palestine
Avg Annual Income:$0.00
Currency:United States Dollars (USD)



Safa owns a small grocery shop at Al-Nusairat Refugee camp. Her husband is an employee and she has four children, two of whom are teenagers who help her to sell at the store during summer vacation.

Safa is the main person who is responsible for selling and managing the business. She sells juice, rice, toilet paper, diapers, and food like oil, rice and canned food. She also sells cleaning materials.

Safa needs 1,000 USD to buy new products for her store. She appears in the photo at her store with two of her children.


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Journal entries for Safa


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Safa
Location: Dier Al-balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Haifa by Palestine for Credit & Development (FATEN) in Palestine. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 12 months of this loan, Palestine for Credit & Development (FATEN) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Dier Al-balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Aug 27, 2009
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Name correction
 
Entrepreneur: Safa
Location: Dier Al-balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine

Because of a transcription issue, the borrower's name was erroneously entered as Haifa. Her real name is Safa, and it now shows correctly on her profile.


Posted by Hind Tazi, Kiva Staff, from San Francisco, United States
Nov 3, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Safa

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
December 2009 $93.00 $93.00 Repayment Received
January 2010 $93.00 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $93.00 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $93.00 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $93.00 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $93.00 Available May 1  
June 2010 $93.00 Available Jun 1  
July 2010 $93.00 Available Jul 1  
August 2010 $93.00 Available Aug 1  
September 2010 $93.00 Available Sep 1  
October 2010 $70.00 Available Oct 1