Helen Mandreza


Status: Paying Back

$225.00   Loan Amount
12% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Helen Mandreza
Location: Locsoon,tudela,misamis Occidental, Philippines
Activity: Pigs

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $225.00
Loan Use: To purchase livestock feed and other supplies
Repayment Term: 7 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Oct 28, 2009
Date Disbursed: Oct 9, 2009
Date Funded:Oct 28, 2009

About the Country

Country:Philippines
Avg Annual Income:$1,175.00
Currency:Philippines Pesos (PHP)
Exchange Rate:47.2108 PHP = 1 USD



Helen Mandreza is from the village of Locsoon, Tudela, Misamis Occidental. She is 30 years old. Helen is married and has two school-aged children. To make a living, Helen raises livestock. The main source of income for the business comes from raising pigs for sale. Helen has been engaged in her business for over five years and earns approximately 5,000 Philippine pesos a month from these activities.

In 2008, Helen joined PMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and ability to engage in business activities. Helen has successfully repaid a previous loan of 7,000 PHP from PMPC. This previous loan was used to to purchase medication for her livestock. Helen is requesting a new loan of 9,500 PHP, which will be used to purchase livestock feed and other supplies. This will be the second loan taken out by Helen from PMPC. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to supplement her family's income.

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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Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Helen Mandreza
Location: Locsoon,tudela,misamis Occidental, Philippines

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Helen Mandreza by Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC) in Philippines. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 5 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 Locsoon,tudela,misamis Occidental, Philippines
Oct 29, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Helen Mandreza

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
December 2009 $27.00 $27.00 Repayment Received
January 2010 $45.00 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $36.00 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $36.00 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $36.00 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $45.00 Available May 1