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Impact This Week

  • 3,660 new lenders joined.
  • $688,225.00 lent.
  • 622 loans completely repaid.
  • 45.7 hours to fully fund a loan.
  • 1,836 entrepreneurs funded.
Latest Loan - 10:55 AM PDT

Ellen
Nashville, Tennessee United States

Mwanaidi's Nyota Ndogo Group
Dar es Salaam , Tanzania

Entrepreneur: Fatou Manda Coulibaly
Location: Vèlingara, Kolda, Senegal
Activity: Retail
Loan Request: $1,200.00
Repayment Term: 6 months
Loan Use: To buy peanuts to make peanut butter   read more>>

$400.00loaned so far
$800.00still needed


Featured Lender

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Lender: Nate & Jen
Location: Fort Meade, MD United States
Member Since: April 2, 2008
Occupation: Soapmaker
I Loan Because: I want to support small business
About me: We make high-quality, natural soap. Our unrefined shea butter comes from Ghana so we especially like to support their local economies.

  Entrepreneur / Activity Loan Info Country / Partner Description
flor de ventiila Group

15 Entrepreneurs

Electronics Sales
$211.67
per entrepreneur
96% raised

Bolivia

Pro Mujer Bolivia

"Flor de Ventilla" Association has been part of the Pro-Mujer (Pro-woman) family for over a year. The association was formed by a group of fifteen responsible working women within the center.... more >>

Mariam Kanu

Food Market
$525.00
81% raised

Sierra Leone

CCF - Salone Microfinance Trust
Mariam is a teacher at SOS children's village in Makeni, a town in Sierra Leone. 47 years old and with four school-going chidren, Mariam needs additional income to meet her childrens' educational... more >>
Ndèye Fall

Retail
$950.00
21% raised

Senegal

Caurie Microfinance
Ndèye Fall, a divorcee with four children to take care of, has been a member of the Djirighon Village Bank in Ziguinchor for five years. She is asking for a loan to buy and resell palm oil and... more >>
Vin Chan

House Repair
$400.00
25% raised

Cambodia

MAXIMA Mikroheranhvatho Co., Ltd.
Mr Vin Chan and his wife were married in 1978. They have seven children; three sons and four daughters. Three of their children are married and live outside the family home. Of the other four... more >>
Thy Phlang Village Bank Group

33 Entrepreneurs

Agriculture
$150.76
per entrepreneur
34% raised

Cambodia

AMK (Angkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea)
Mrs. Thy Phlang is the Village Bank President in Popeal Khaer Village, Kandal Province. There are 33 members in her group.
She is 34-years-old and has two children, both of whom are too... more >>

Arubaine 1 Group

5 Entrepreneurs

Used Clothing
$330.00
per entrepreneur
38% raised

Uganda

BRAC Uganda
The group leader of this small group is Halima Salima. She is currently in the business of used clothing and is requesting a loan to expand her business. Halima is 21 years old and is married... more >>
Cecilia Abiodu

Soft Drinks
$1,200.00
77% raised

Nigeria

Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO)
Cecilia Abiodu is business-focused and very determined to improve her business. Cecilia is 49 years old and married; she has 7 children and she lives in Benin City, Nigeria. She has been borrowing... more >>
Fatma Gadashova

Pharmacy
$600.00
0% repaid
Azerbaijan

Komak Credit Union
Fatma was born in 1956, and has 4 children. She lives in the town of Khachmaz. Two years ago, she started a pharmacy. Now she is requesting a loan of $600 to buy more medicine to sell in her pharmacy. more >>
Justo Pastor Méndez Morales

Farming
$1,050.00
10% raised

Nicaragua

CEPRODEL

From the age of 6, Justo Pastor Mendez has worked in agriculture. He has his own nursery where he grows all kind of plants, including fruit trees and vegetables which he cultivates on his... more >>

Juana Sánchez

Agriculture
$500.00
25% raised

Ecuador

MIFEX

Investment of First Loan:


Juana could buy all the necessary agricultural supplies to attend to the demands of her clients. That is to say she could buy everything in time,... more >>

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