Naomi Ah Ching

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Naomi Ah Ching by South Pacific Business Development in Samoa. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 18 - 24 months, South Pacific Business Development will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

Naomi Ah Ching is 33 years old and has 4 children. She is a member of Fagalii Uta C center which is located in nothern Upolu island. She has Plantation business, which she has been engaged in for 5 years. The loan officer who is in charge of her center says Naomi is a very good member. She repays her loan on time, always attends her weekly meetings, and is enthusiastic about expanding her business.

She has used her previous loan to purchase taro crops and bananna crops,fertilizer, coromozone and sting chemicals bushknifes, spade, digger, trailer, and home improvement for her business. She says her business is doing well. On good days she makes 390 Tala a day (1Tala=0.4USD) and on bad days she makes 150 Tala a day. She also says that the Kiva loans and SPBD loans are not only helping her business grows, but also helping her pay her children’s school fees, feed her family better, and improve her housing.

When asked if she has any words to the Kiva lenders, she said “She intends to continue to use the assistance from SPBD to futher sustain the plantation, she also intend to use the next loan to fund some renovation to their home. Thankful to KIVA for making this happen”