Francisco Talo

Francisco Talo lives in the town of P-6 Gata Daku Clarin Misamis Occidental. He is 52 years old, married and has four grown children. Francisco makes a living by transporting people around on his motorcycle. He has been in this business for over five years and earns approximately 3,000 PHP a month from his work.

In 2007, Francisco joined GDMPC to gain access to financial services that would help him improve his life and expand business. He has successfully repaid three previous loans from GDMPC, and is applying for a new loan to use to expand his business. He plans to use the additional revenue made possible by this loan to improve his family's living conditions.

About GDMPC:
GDMPC is one of the most progressive cooperatives in Mindanao, Philippines. It has four branches and three units overing the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur, Lanao del Norte and Misamis Occidental. Its membership is composed mostly of farmers, fisherfolks and small entrepreneurs.

*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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