Maria Onolina Lavea

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Maria Onolina Lavea 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.

Maria Onolina Lavea is 28 years old and has 5 children. She is a member of Faleseela C center which is located in Western Upolu. She has Plantation business, which she has been engaged in for 4 years. The loan officer who is in charge of her center says Maria 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 upgrading business for her business. She says her business is doing well. On good days she makes 800 Tala a day (1Tala=0.4USD) and on bad days she makes 600 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 to Kiva for the great help”