Maria Cristina Santos Pimentel's Group


Status: Ended with Loss - Defaulted

$2,000.00   Loan Request
$405.44   Paid Back

About the Group

Group Name: Maria Cristina Santos Pimentel's Group
Group Members: Maria Zunilda Pimentel
Petronila Rodriguez Basilio
Rafaela Santana Alcantara,
Rufina Mateo
Maria Cristina Santos Pimentel
Location: San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Activity: Clothing Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $2,000.00
Loan Use: Purchase of new items to add to her stock of clothing and beauty products.
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Sep 26, 2008
Date Disbursed: Oct 10, 2008
Date Funded:Sep 26, 2008

About the Country

Country:Dominican Republic
Avg Annual Income:$7,611.00
Currency:Dominican Republic Pesos (DOP)
Exchange Rate:35.1795 DOP = 1 USD



Maria Cristina sells beauty products and clothing for men in her neighborhood, and she's the leader of this group of businesswomen who live in the Piedra Blanca community of San Cristobal. Cristina is a very active and silver-tongued woman who knows how to convince people to make the purchase of her products. Her business helps her to support her three children's educations and to pay for the rental of her house.



Cristina plans to expand her business, so she's requesting a loan to add new exclusive items to her inventory. The entrepreneur hopes that her business' growth will allow her to provide a better lifestyle to her family.



The members of Cristina's group are:



Rufina Mateo, who retails jewelry in the community,




Rafaela Santana Alcantara, who sells fried chicken and pork,



Petronila Rodriguez Basilio, the owner of a small butcher shop, and



Maria Zunilda Pimentel, who sells fruit and vegetables.



The picture shows from left to right: Maria Cristina, Rafaela, Petronila, Rufina and Maria Zunilda.



About Group Loans
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a group of individuals bound by a group guarantee. Under this arrangement, each member of the group supports one another and is responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members if someone is delinquent or defaults. Learn more


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Journal entries for Maria Cristina Santos Pimentel's Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Maria Cristina Santos Pimentel's Group
Location: San Cristobal, Dominican Republic

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to the Maria Cristina Santos Pimentel group, consisting of Maria Cristina Santos Pimentel, Rufina Mateo, Rafaela Santana Alcantara,, Petronila Rodriguez Basilio, Maria Zunilda Pimentel by Fundación San Miguel Arcángel, Inc. (FSMA) in Dominican Republic. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 6 months, Fundación San Miguel Arcángel, Inc. (FSMA) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Oct 11, 2008
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Update on your loan in the Dominican Republic
 
Entrepreneur: Maria Cristina Santos Pimentel's Group
Location: San Cristobal, Dominican Republic

Your loan to the business or businesses above will not be repaid in full and is now considered defaulted. To learn about the reasons for this default, please visit FSMA’s Field Partner page.

We have done our best to provide comprehensive details about why your loan defaulted and what Kiva is doing to help prevent situations like this from happening in the future. A vast majority of our Field Partners are healthy organizations that are very capable of administering your loans with the highest integrity.

If you have any questions, after visiting FSMA’s Field Partner page and reviewing the information there, please let us know.


Posted by Michelle May Kreger, Kiva Staff, from San Francisco, United States
Aug 21, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Maria Cristina Santos Pimentel's Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
January 2009 $333.33 $333.33 Repayment Received
February 2009 $333.33 $0.00 Delinquent
March 2009 $333.33 $0.00 Delinquent
April 2009 $333.33 $0.00 Delinquent
May 2009 $333.33 $0.00 Delinquent
June 2009 $333.35 $0.00 Delinquent
December 2009 $0.00 $72.11