Akil

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Akil by Ameen s.a.l. in Lebanon. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 12 months, Ameen s.a.l. will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

We visited Akil at his car workshop where he repairs a variety of cars. Akil recently was able to repay his loan early thanks to good business. He used the loan he took to buy new tools for his workshop.

In the future, Akil hopes to be able to obtain new machines to service higher-end cars often used by tourists and expatriate Lebanese who return for the summer. Right now, Akil is taking a course in a nearby city where he is learning how to use some of the more sophisticated machines in use today which he hopes to buy in the coming months.

Akil works in a village near the southern town of Bint Jbeil. The town has a population of about 40,000 and is located in the Nabatiye governorate. Lebanon is divided into six governorates.

About Ameen:

Ameen was established in 1999 in Lebanon as a micro-credit program funded by USAID, under the patronage of CHF International. CHF is a non-profit organization working in more than 35 countries. Evolving successfully to a separate company, Ameen today is a Lebanese financial institution specialized in microfinance. Ameen’s goal is to contribute to the economic and social development of the community.

Ameen provides financial services to micro-entrepreneurs and low-income households to help them develop their businesses and improve their living standards. Ameen offers loans for small businesses, housing and consumer needs. Ameen's beneficiaries work in a variety of sectors and include activities such as handcraft, trade, services, small industries and agriculture to name a few.

Since Ameen’s inception, over 26,000 micro-entrepreneurs and low-income households have benefited from its services, with more than 68 million US dollars disbursed representing over 52,000 loans. Supported by a dedicated team of professionals, Ameen currently partners with four local banks in more than 67 branches with an outreach spreading all over Lebanon, from Beirut and its suburbs, to the Bekaa valley, the South, Mount Lebanon and the North.

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