Rosa Mema Tupuola


Status: Paying Back

$1,150.00   Loan Amount
17% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Rosa Mema Tupuola
Location: Siumu, Samoa
Activity: General Store

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $1,150.00
Loan Use: To repair a transport vehicle used in her business
Repayment Term: 14 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Sep 3, 2009
Date Disbursed: Aug 27, 2009
Date Funded:Sep 30, 2009

About the Country

Country:Samoa
Avg Annual Income:$6,344.00
Currency:Samoa Tala (WST)
Exchange Rate:2.6490 WST = 1 USD



Rosa Mema Tupuola is 36 years old, married and has two school-aged children. She and her family live in Siumu. Rosa Mema owns and runs a general store in which she mainly sells food to the local community. She has been in business for over five years and earns approximately 1000 tala WST a month.


In 2004, Rosa Mema joined SPBD to gain access to its financial services. She successfully repaid a prior SPBD loan of 2700 tala WST which she used to diversify her inventory (this will be the fifth SPBD loan taken out and repaid by Rosa Mema). She is now requesting a loan of 3000 tala WST that will be used to repair a transport vehicle used in the business. Rosa Mema plans to use all of her profits to improve and expand her business.


About SPBD:


SPBD's mission is to improve the quality of life of people living in poverty in the poor island nations of the South Pacific. SPBD's lending philosophy is based on a respect for each individual's innate human ingenuity, drive and self-esteem.


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


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Journal entries for Rosa Mema Tupuola


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Rosa Mema Tupuola
Location: Siumu, Samoa

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Rosa Mema Tupuola by South Pacific Business Development (SPBD) in Samoa. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 11 months of this loan, South Pacific Business Development (SPBD) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Siumu, Samoa
Oct 1, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Rosa Mema Tupuola

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
December 2009 $199.03 $199.03 Repayment Received
January 2010 $88.46 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $110.57 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $88.46 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $88.46 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $110.57 Available May 1  
June 2010 $88.46 Available Jun 1  
July 2010 $88.46 Available Jul 1  
August 2010 $110.57 Available Aug 1  
September 2010 $88.46 Available Sep 1  
October 2010 $88.50 Available Oct 1