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Hawa

Ghana | Food | Food Market

Hawa is a trader. She sells raw rice, beans, groundnut and gari at Akotokyire near Abura. She is married to an accountant and has 2…more

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Isaias Escardo

Ecuador | Agriculture | Animal Sales

Isaías Escardo is 46 years old, single, and lives with his two children in the canton of Montavo, Los Ríos Province. Isaías is a member…more

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Elsa Isabel

Ecuador | Retail | Cosmetics Sales

Elsa is 40 years old and was born in Guayaquil. She is married to Nixon, who has worked as a security guard for six years. Elsa has two…more

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Perreta

Togo | Food | Grocery Store

Perreta is a 42-year-old woman who is married to an accountant. She has three children, who all go to school. The first child is 20, and…more

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Narangerel

Mongolia | Transportation | Taxi

Narangerel is a 47-year-old divorced man who lives with his two children in Bulgan province in Central Mongolia. His oldest child studies…more

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Geoffrey

Kenya | Retail | Retail

Geoffrey is 42 years old and married with two children. He runs a retail shop to earn a living. He has been in this business for eight…more

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Yon

Cambodia | Personal Use | Vehicle

Yon, in this photo, is 25 years old and is a widower with one son. She lives with her brother and parents in a village about 15 kilometers…more

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Teyyar

Azerbaijan | Food | Food

Teyyar is an IDP (internally displaced person), he migrated from the city of Fuzuli which is currently occupied. Teyyar is 38 years old. He…more

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Mariam

Jordan | Clothing | Clothing Sales

Mariam is a 41-year-old married woman, a mother of 5 children. She lives in Al Russeifeh. Mariam is looking to take out a loan of 500…more

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Delfina

Peru | Agriculture | Agriculture

Delfina, 35, lives with Ángel with whom she has three children who are 18, 14 and 3 years old. They own the house they live in and it’s…more

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Luz De La Esperanza Group

Peru | Retail | Retail

Olga is a member of the “Luz De La Esperanza” (Light of Hope) communal bank which has 8 members whose goal is to make progress every…more

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Icyerekezo Group

Rwanda | Agriculture | Agriculture

Etienne is a member of the group Icyerekezo. The group’s name means “Vision”. Etienne is 35 years old, married, and he has four…more

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Rebecca

Ghana | Food | Food Stall

Rebecca is a food vendor. She sells fried plantain and bean stew in Mpoho near Tarkoradi. She has done this for 11 years. Rebecca uses…more

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Mnatsakan

Armenia | Food | Bakery

Mnatsakan is a young entrepreneur. He runs a bakery, where he makes lavash, an Armenian national bread. Mnatsakan started his business as a…more

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Imelda

Peru | Food | Grocery Store

Imelda is a 41-year-old woman. She lives with her partner and has two dependent children in her care. She lives with her partner and…more

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Cresbee

Philippines | Retail | General Store

Cresbee is 25 years old and lives in the Philippines. She is married with 2 children. Cresbee has a food/retail shop or sari-sari store…more

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Komeza Group

Burundi | Retail | Retail

Diane is part of the Komeza group. She lives in Bujumbura. She is 28 years old and is married to Jean Baptiste. The couple have 2 children,…more

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Sophanny

Cambodia | Personal Use | Vehicle

Sophanny is 40 years old. She is a mother of two children and resides with her husband in Takeo Province, Cambodia. She has been working in…more

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Josephat

Kenya | Food | Grocery Store

Josephat is 41 years old, married, and blessed with six children, four of whom are in school. He has been running a grocery store for…more

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Shaba Group

Tanzania | Transportation | Motorcycle Transport

Joel, who is in his early 30s, is single. He has one child, who goes to school. He has had a motorcycle for two years now. He works from…more

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Theophile

Rwanda | Transportation | Motorcycle Transport

Theophile is 23 years old. He rides a motorbike as a means of providing transport to others. He has been riding bikes for five years. With…more

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Ruben

Philippines | Agriculture | Farming

Ruben is a very industrious person who has fought hard to move his wife and five children forward. He learned how to farm at a very early…more

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Joseph

Kenya | Food | Grocery Store

Joseph is 32 years old and married to Mildred. He operates a retail shop and has been in this business for the past two years. This is…more

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Zaza

Georgia | Agriculture | Livestock

Zaza is 39 years old. He lives in a small village in Telavi District, East Georgia. This region is known for its well-developed…more

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Ziyaratou

Togo | Retail | Cloth & Dressmaking Supplies

Ziyaratou is a 36-year-old woman who is married to a pilot and has three children, ages 3 to 9. Two of her children attend school.…more

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Fedeliza

Philippines | Food | Fish Selling

Fedeliza is 55 years old and lives in the Philippines. She is married with 1 child. Fedeliza has a shop that sells fish like "dalagang…more

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Agnes

Uganda | Retail | General Store

Agnes is 50 years old and lives in the town of Zana in the Kampala west region of Uganda. She is married and has 5 children; 2 of them are…more

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Rahab

Kenya | Clothing | Clothing Sales

Rahab is a businesswoman who sells clothes. She has been in the business for four years. She is married and blessed with a 1-year-old…more

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Timothy

Kenya | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses

Timothy has been supplying cakes and bread to various retail businesses in Naivasha town for the past 11 years and it has been very…more

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Esther Group

Guatemala | Clothing | Clothing Sales

Cresencia, 46, is married and has five children, one of whom is in school. She received a third grade education and works as a domestic…more

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Sonya

Samoa | Retail | General Store

Sonya is a 33-year-old woman who is married with 4 children. She runs a business selling groceries like chicken, sugar, rice, noodles, and…more

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Rosalie

Philippines | Retail | General Store

Rosalie is 49 years old and married. Rosalie works hard to provide for her family. She runs a sari-sari (variety) store in the…more

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Tamam

Palestine | Personal Use | Vehicle

Tamam is a 29-year-old young woman and a nurse. She is married to a schoolteacher and is the mother of two sons and three daughters. Both…more

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Christine

Kenya | Retail | Retail

Christine is a married woman who has four children, all of whom attend school. She owns a house that has electricity and piped water. Her…more

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Mario

Bolivia | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses

Mario is a retired teacher, and he receives his pension every month. He also sells sportswear with his wife. He needs the loan to buy…more

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Rahmatjon

Tajikistan | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses

Rahmatjon was born in 1948. He is married, and has 2 sons and one daughter. Rahmatjon is retired, but he is not staying idle. He has a…more

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Antonio De Jesus

El Salvador | Food | Food

Antonio de Jesús, age 29, lives with his life partner and their children in his own house. He has a business selling eggs and vegetables.…more

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Gilson Renee

Ecuador | Retail | Retail

Gilson Renee is 20 years old. He is single and lives on his own in the Ventanas canton in the Los Ríos province. He belongs to the Los…more

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Mercidita

Philippines | Agriculture | Livestock

Mercidita is 40 years old and has six children. Mercidita is married, and all her children are in school. Mercidita is in the agricultural…more

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Maher

Palestine | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses

Maher, photographed inside his house, is a 27-year-old young man. He is married and the father of one son and one daughter. He is a taxi…more

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José Ignacio

Colombia | Services | Machinery Rental

José, 52, is married and has four children between the ages of 20 and 27. He started his own business in 1997 because he was attracted to…more

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Jose Esteban

El Salvador | Services | Barber Shop

José is asking for la new loan because he needs to improve and acquire new tools he uses in his barber shop. He will buy a new electric…more

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Fatuma

Kenya | Services | Tailoring

Fatuma is a 42-year-old tailor in Kilifi. She is a married mother of three and has been sewing clothes for her customers for the last 20…more

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Cristhian Richar

Ecuador | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses

Cristhian is 35 years old and lives in Quevado, Ecuador. He began his business by renting a friend’s car. He saw that this was a good…more

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Marieta

Philippines | Retail | General Store

Marieta is 65 years old and married with 11 children. Marieta works very hard to provide for them. Marieta runs a general store in the…more

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Joseph

Kenya | Agriculture | Agriculture

Joseph is aged seventy years and has been in farming for twenty-seven years with his farm currently producing and selling milk and…more

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Sabir

Azerbaijan | Agriculture | Cattle

Sabir is a 57-year-old, married man with three children. He has been breeding livestock from a very young age, thanks to his father, who…more

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Daler

Tajikistan | Agriculture | Animal Sales

Daler is a good and hard working young man, who is 23 years old. He has been engaged in buying and reselling livestock for more than five…more

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Narcisa

Philippines | Retail | General Store

Narcisa is 38 years old and married with 4 children. Narcisa works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the…more

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Michael

Kenya | Clothing | Clothing Sales

Michael is a 34-year-old clothes dealer in Mombasa. He has been in this business for the past 12 years and has met with success. He is…more

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Margarito Valerio

Mexico | Agriculture | Agriculture

For 40 years, Margarito has grown coffee. His grandparents and his parents taught him to and his siblings everything about growing it.…more

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Hajar

Jordan | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses

Hajar is a 41-year-old married woman from Al Khaledieh, Al Mafraq, Jordan. Hajar is looking to expand her house and purchase new furniture.…more

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Félix Arnoldo

El Salvador | Agriculture | Agriculture

Félix is 23 years old. His is married and has a son. He has worked in agriculture since he was very young. It was his parents who taught…more

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Caroline

Kenya | Retail | Retail

Caroline is a 30-year-old lady from Kisumu. She is married to Michael and they have four children, aged ten, seven, six and two years.…more

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Margelis Del Socorro

Nicaragua | Retail | General Store

Margelis Del Socorro is 29 years old. She has a home-based grocery store where she tends to her customers offering a variety of…more

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Franklin David

Ecuador | Food | Milk Sales

Franklin, 31, was born in Jipijapa where cattle raising predominates. Several years ago he left the city of his birth and currently…more

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Gbenonkpo 34 Group

Benin | Retail | Retail

GBENONKPO 34 is a group of three people who live in the same neighborhood and belong to the same savings group. This is the group’s…more

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Simon

Kenya | Retail | Fuel/Firewood

Simon is a kerosene dealer living in Likoni, Kenya. He has run this business for eight years. He started this business with capital of…more

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Freddie

Philippines | Food | Liquor Store / Off-License

Freddie is 48 years old, married and has 1 child. He is from Lapasan, Clarin, Misamis Occidental, Philippines, where his coconut wine…more

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David

Kenya | Services | Printing

David is 32 years old, married and has two children. He has been offering services such as printing, photocopy and typesetting to earn a…more

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