Lotu Faafiti


Status: Paid Back

$650.00   Loan Request
$650.00   Paid Back

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Lotu Faafiti
Location: Tuanai, Samoa
Activity: Food Production/Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $650.00
Loan Use: To buy supplies for her snacks business
Repayment Term: 20 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Jan 2, 2008
Date Disbursed: Jan 16, 2008
Date Funded:Jan 2, 2008
Loan Ended:Aug 15, 2009

About the Country

Country:Samoa
Avg Annual Income:$6,344.00
Currency:Samoa Tala (WST)
Exchange Rate:2.6983 WST = 1 USD



“The more you work hard the more you get” is the saying that the single mother of three, Lotu Faafiti, adopts. She is 38 years of age and lives in Tuanai center with her parents and her children. Her business is selling ice cakes, which cost fifty cents each, and Samoan cocoa, which costs $5.00 WST ($2 USD) cooked and $3.00 WST ($1.20 USD) uncooked. She sells her goods from her house and also delivers them to the nearby villages. Lotu earns about $200.00-300.00 WST ($80-120 USD) from her business. This is the only source of income for her family. She would like a loan so she can purchase more supplies for her snacks business.

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Journal entries for Lotu Faafiti


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Lotu Faafiti
Location: Tuanai, Samoa

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Lotu Faafiti 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.


Posted by from Tuanai, Samoa
Jan 17, 2008
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Journal for Lotu Faafiti
 
Entrepreneur: Lotu Faafiti
Location: Tuanai, Samoa

Lotu Faafiti was a member of Tuanai A center. She is no longer in the programe and her loan has been paif off but the support and the experiences she had learned from the programe had enabled her to improve everything needed in the family.


Posted by Isabel Tuatagaloa from Tuanai, Samoa
Jan 26, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Lotu Faafiti

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
April 2008 $36.11 $37.00 Repayment Received
May 2008 $36.11 $37.00 Repayment Received
June 2008 $36.11 $37.00 Repayment Received
July 2008 $36.11 $37.00 Repayment Received
August 2008 $36.11 $37.00 Repayment Received
September 2008 $36.11 $37.00 Repayment Received
October 2008 $36.11 $37.00 Repayment Received
November 2008 $36.11 $37.00 Repayment Received
December 2008 $36.11 $37.00 Repayment Received
January 2009 $36.11 $28.09 Repayment Received
February 2009 $36.11 $36.11 Repayment Received
March 2009 $36.11 $36.11 Repayment Received
April 2009 $36.11 $36.11 Repayment Received
May 2009 $36.11 $36.11 Repayment Received
June 2009 $36.11 $36.11 Repayment Received
July 2009 $36.11 $36.11 Repayment Received
August 2009 $36.11 $36.11 Repayment Received
September 2009 $36.13 $36.14 Repayment Received