Elie

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

We visited Elie at his sanitation work where he repairs sanitary in private homes and at new construction locations. He used the loan he took to purchase new tools instead of the old ones to be able to satisfy the demand of the market.

After the loan, his job was developed remarkably and so his income.

In the future, Elie hopes to expand his business by being known by a bigger number of clients.

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.