Tnaomat A1 Group

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Tnaomat A1 Group, consisting of Anderias Banu, Oktovianus Atollo, Maksen Banu, Paulus Atollo, Fiktor Banu, Nehemia Banu, Alfrit Atollo by Tanaoba Lais Manekat Foundation (TLM) in Indonesia. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 12 months of this loan, Tanaoba Lais Manekat Foundation (TLM) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

Dear Kiva Lenders,

On the 2nd of November 2009, our Kiva field officer went to Naiotel Village, Taebenu Sub District – Kupang District to get an up date on Tnaomat A1 Group. Naiotel Village is situated about 30 km from Kupang the Capital City of East Nusa Tenggara Province. The field officer should ride his motorbike for about three hours to reach the village as he had to pass a poor quality road to enter the village.

After took a long trip, the field officer then arrived at Anderias’ house. Anderias and family live in a modest house. It is constructed by palm branches walls with rusted zinc roofs and dirt floor. Even though Naiotel is categorized as remote village but Anderias and family love to live in the village. Anderias is very happy to welcome the field officer in his house. This was shown by his smile and his hospitality in welcoming the field officer.

Anderias was just returned from the farm to feed his cattle when the field officer arrived at his house. He was wearing the orange shirt that he wore when the group picture was taken. Anderias was preparing his equipment to dig manganese while talking to the field officer. Besides working as a farmer, Anderias also spends some of his time to dig manganese in order to generate more income.

The loan amounting to IDR 3,300,000 has been disbursed to Anderias. He spent the loan to buy young cattle to fatten in twelve months. He said that he is very excited with the loan. He is so grateful for the concern of the lenders to poor farmer in West Timor through Kiva – TLM so that he is able to have his own cattle.

He always takes care of his cattle by providing food and water. It is aimed to gain optimum cattle weight so he can sell the cattle at a reasonable price in the future. During his membership in Cattle Fattening Program, Anderias never faced difficulty in fattening the cattle. The cattle are growing up well and health. Anderias said that he likes to join TLM’s Cattle Fattening Program better than other’s institutions as he only needs 12 months to fatten the cattle, whereas the other institutions require their members to fatten the cattle for more than 12 months.

Anderias usually starts to work in the farm at 07.00 am up to 11 am then together with the other community members he spends some times to dig manganese to be sold. At 04.00pm he goes back to the farm in order to provide food and water for the cattle then he returns home. He works hard to meet his family’s needs especially to support his children education. He believes that the loan will bring positive impact for him and the other group members.

Thank you for supporting Tnaomat A1 Group

TLM Staff