Fotu Vaofanua

Status: Paid Back

$800.00		Loan Request
$800.00		Paid Back

About the Entrepreneur

Name:	Fotu Vaofanua
Location:	Siumu, Samoa
Activity:	Farming

About the Loan

Loan Amount:	$800.00
Loan Use:	To buy more raw material for the plantation
Repayment Term:	16 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid:	Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss:	N/A
Date Listed:	Aug 10, 2007
Date Disbursed:	Aug 25, 2007
Date Funded:	Aug 11, 2007
Loan Ended:	Mar 2, 2009

About the Field Partner

Field Partner:

South Pacific Business Development (SPBD)

Field Partner Risk Rating:

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Active

39 months

3816

$2,114,200

0.00%

0.00%

Currency Exchange Loss Rate:

0.00%

About the Country

Country:	Samoa
Avg Annual Income:	$6,344.00
Currency:	United States Dollars (USD)

Fotu is a young married woman from Siumu, operating a banana plantation not far from her backyard. Her husband works the land in the plantation. She joined the South Pacific Business Development program in 2005 and is now on her fifth loan. She used to sell 15-20 bags of banana at Fugalei Market and she received $200-$300 a week from those sales. She is requesting a loan of $800 to buy more raw material for the plantation.

Lenders to this entrepreneur

Kay
Columbia, MD KivaFriends.org
United States

Kristie

United States

Olivier
Brooklyn, NY
United States

Andrew & Cathy
Mars Hill, ME
United States

Sandy
Santa Barbara, CA
United States

Bruce Robert Abbott
San Francisco, CA
United States

Steve
San Diego, CA
United States

Billy Chung Kwok
Saint Paul, MN
United States

John & Kathleen
Damariscotta, ME
United States

Joella

Angela
Sydney, NSW
Australia

Carsten
London, London
United Kingdom

Rusty Smith
Leawood, KS
United States

Durham Friends Meeting
Durham, NC
United States

Fredric
Unionville, VA
United States

Anonymous

Anonymous
Arlington, TX
United States

Navin
San Francisco, CA
United States

Richard
Glasgow, Glasgow
United Kingdom

Valerie
Brooklyn, NY
United States

Dave and his girls
Huntington Beach, CA
United States

Brian
Lira,
Uganda

Journal entries for Fotu Vaofanua

Loan has been disbursed Entrepreneur: Fotu Vaofanua Location: Siumu, Samoa Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Fotu Vaofanua by South Pacific Business Development in Samoa. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 14 - 20 months, South Pacific Business Development will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.
Posted by Team Editing from Siumu, Samoa Sep 3, 2007
Comments (1)

Journal for Fotu Vaofanua Entrepreneur: Fotu Vaofanua Location: Siumu, Samoa Fotu depends mostly on her plantation business to get money, which is the only means of generting income for her. That’s why she works very hard on it in order to satisfy her family needs and able to cover up her expenses. Then, she joined to the SPBD program and applied for a loan where she it was used to buy materials needed for running her business and pay up her children’s school fees. She thanks the program for the great support and looks forward into applying for another loan for home improvements.
Posted by Isabel Tuatagaloa from Siumu, Samoa Mar 23, 2009
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Repayment Schedule for Fotu Vaofanua

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	Expected Repayments	Actual Repayments	Comments
November 2007	$57.14	$0.00	Repayment Received
December 2007	$57.14	$58.00	Repayment Received
January 2008	$57.14	$58.00	Repayment Received
February 2008	$57.14	$58.00	Repayment Received
March 2008	$57.14	$58.00	Repayment Received
April 2008	$57.14	$0.00	Repayment Received
May 2008	$57.14	$116.00	Repayment Received
June 2008	$57.14	$58.00	Repayment Received
July 2008	$57.14	$58.00	Repayment Received
August 2008	$57.14	$58.00	Repayment Received
September 2008	$57.14	$0.00	Repayment Received
October 2008	$57.14	$116.00	Repayment Received
November 2008	$57.14	$0.00	Repayment Received
December 2008	$57.18	$0.00	Repayment Received
March 2009	$0.00	$162.00