Tabitha Burugu


Status: Paying Back

$425.00   Loan Amount
90% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Tabitha Burugu
Location: Mwanza, Tanzania
Activity: Cosmetics Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $425.00
Loan Use: To buy more cosmetics for resale
Repayment Term: 12 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Dec 17, 2008
Date Disbursed: Jan 15, 2009
Date Funded:Dec 17, 2008

About the Country

Country:Tanzania
Avg Annual Income:$723.00
Currency:Tanzania Shillings (TZS)
Exchange Rate:1,240.0000 TZS = 1 USD



Mambo (Greetings!) from Tanzania! This is forty-six year old Tabitha Burugu from Mwanza. She is married with six children, between the ages of ten and twenty six.


Tabitha has been running a shop since 2005. This client’s business is selling cosmetics. She works at the business for twelve hours per day, six days per week. Tabitha currently earns about 150 USD a month from her business. She is requesting a loan of 425 USD in order to buy more cosmetics for resale. In the future, she plans to open a new shop selling clothes. Tabitha thanks you for her support!



ABOUT SELFINA:


SELFINA has taken a lead role as a pioneer of micro-credit in Tanzania through Micro-Leasing. The organization is engaged in the economic empowerment of women in Tanzania through the provision of a leasing and leaseback microfinance facility. Customs and traditions in Tanzania make it difficult for women to own land and assets, thus they are termed non-creditworthy by financial institutions. This leads to poor financial support and poor access to basic needs and services for women with low incomes. One of the primary advantages of micro-leasing is that it allows clients to use the equipment as collateral for future loans with SELFINA, thus enabling them to borrow larger sums in the future.


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Journal entries for Tabitha Burugu


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Tabitha Burugu
Location: Mwanza, Tanzania

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Tabitha Burugu by Sero Lease and Finance Ltd. (SELFINA) in Tanzania. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 9 months of this loan, Sero Lease and Finance Ltd. (SELFINA) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Mwanza, Tanzania
Jan 15, 2009
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POSTED ON KIVA
 
Entrepreneur: Tabitha Burugu
Location: Mwanza, Tanzania

Mambo (Greetings!) from Mwanza, Tanzania and from SELFINA! Thank you for your loan through Kiva to Tabitha Burugu a SELFINA client and Tabitha micro-entrepreneur. The purpose of this journal is to update you on Tabitha and the status of her business.

As you know, your generosity helped Tabitha obtain a loan of $425USD in December 2008 She is running a shop business and used the loan to buy more cosmetics for re-sale.

She works hard at her business and she is assisted by her children at her business. Since she took out the loan, her business has been doing well and Tabitha was able to pay bills and meet other expenses.

In the future, she is planning to open new shop for selling cloths on the personal front, her family is doing well. As you may remember, she is married and has six children. SELFINA aims to continue to assist Tabitha and other women like her, and empower them towards financial security and increased confidence through micro loans. Thank you very much for supporting Tabitha! To continue to support women like her and lend to SELFINA borrowers, please click here:

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&partner_id=90&status=All&sortBy=New+to+Old&_tpg=fb

Asante tena (thank you again) for your support!


Posted by Theodory Sekule from Mwanza, Tanzania
Oct 26, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Tabitha Burugu

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
April 2009 $42.50 $42.50 Repayment Received
May 2009 $42.50 $42.50 Repayment Received
June 2009 $42.50 $42.50 Repayment Received
July 2009 $42.50 $42.50 Repayment Received
August 2009 $42.50 $42.50 Repayment Received
September 2009 $42.50 $42.50 Repayment Received
October 2009 $42.50 $42.50 Repayment Received
November 2009 $42.50 $42.50 Repayment Received
December 2009 $42.50 $42.50 Repayment Received
January 2010 $42.50 Available Jan 1