Korina Aiolupo

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

Korina Aiolupo is 47 years old and has 4 children. She is a member of Vaitele A2 center which is located in Western Upolu. She has ice cake and pancake business, which she has been engaged in for 3 years. The loan officer who is in charge of her center says Korina 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 ingredients for her business. She says her business is doing well. On good days she makes 350 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 grow, 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 “thanks for supporting me and my business”