Halima Valentine

Status: Paid Back

$850.00		Loan Request
$850.00		Paid Back

About the Entrepreneur

Name:	Halima Valentine
Location:	Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Activity:	Used Clothing

About the Loan

Loan Amount:	$850.00
Loan Use:	To buy more clothing to sell door to door
Repayment Term:	6 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid:	Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss:	Covered
Date Listed:	Apr 2, 2008
Date Disbursed:	Apr 16, 2008
Date Funded:	Apr 2, 2008
Loan Ended:	Aug 17, 2008

About the Field Partner

Field Partner:

Tujijenge Tanzania Ltd

Field Partner Risk Rating:

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Active

24 months

4007

$910,950

0.00%

0.00%

Currency Exchange Loss Rate:

0.00%

About the Country

Country:	Tanzania
Avg Annual Income:	$723.00
Currency:	Tanzania Shillings (TZS)
Exchange Rate:	1,201.6000 TZS = 1 USD

Halima, age 27, is the single parent of a 7-year-old girl. Since 2004, she has made a living selling clothing and cosmetics door to door from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. From her sales, she makes a monthly profit of about $620.

In the past, Halima used a loan from Tujijenge Tanzania to buy more clothing to sell. Having paid it back successfully, she hopes to take a new loan to once again buy more clothing.

Halima is a member of a loan group known as Tiger, which has 25 members who hold each other accountable for paying back their loans.

Lenders to this entrepreneur

Good Dogg
Front Porch, www.kivafriends.org
United States

Kay
Columbia, MD KivaFriends.org
United States

Mark
Walnut Creek, CA
United States

Erika
Minneapolis, MN
United States

Eric
West Des Moines, IA
United States

donna
Fairfield, CA
United States

Randall
New York, NY
United States

Anonymous
Washington, DC
United States

Dave Karen Connor Erik
Canmore, Alberta
Canada

Jerry
Plano, TX
United States

Caroline

Janet
Woodacre, CA
United States

Gavin
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

Rachel
San Francisco, CA
United States

FIU Microlenders

Laura
Corona del Mar, CA
United States

Barbara
Honolulu, HI
United States

kath
manhattan beach, CA
United States

Mike
Lilyfield, New South Wales
Australia

salvatore
new york, NY
United States

Nicholas
Tustin, CA
United States

Journal entries for Halima Valentine

Loan has been disbursed Entrepreneur: Halima Valentine Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Halima Valentine by Tujijenge Tanzania Ltd in Tanzania. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 4 months, Tujijenge Tanzania Ltd will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.
Posted by from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Apr 17, 2008
Comment on this entry

Clothing sales is vry good! Entrepreneur: Halima Valentine Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Halima Valentine has completed her loan term and has successfully paid back the loan and her clothing and cosimetics businesses are going on well. With the loan she purchased clothing materials and a good stock of cosimetcs. Because of these purchases her monthly profit has increased from $620 to $750! Halima is very happy about this increase and it will help her cater for her family needs and education. She appreciates the opportunity for the loan and thank you for your support and encouragement.
Posted by Rita Nyaborogo from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Aug 20, 2008
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Repayment Schedule for Halima Valentine

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	Expected Repayments	Actual Repayments	Comments
July 2008	$212.50	$213.00	Repayment Received
August 2008	$212.50	$213.00	Repayment Received
September 2008	$212.50	$213.00	Repayment Received
October 2008	$212.50	$211.00	Repayment Received