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Group Loans
Enabling loans to poorer borrowers.
By using social connections between group members (sometimes in place of physical collateral),
group lending allows poorer borrowers to receive loans.
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Housing Loans
Building better spaces for borrowers and families.
Housing loans give families access to capital to improve their homes,
enabling them to lead more stable lives.
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Agriculture Loans
Helping farmers cope with nature's challenges.
Farmers face challenges with inclement weather, poor crop output, and plant and animal diseases.
These loans help some of society's most vulnerable people.
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Zawadi Group
20 BorrowersThe Democratic Republic of the Congo | Food | FoodThe leader of the "Zawadi" business group is an entrepreneur and 47-year-old married mother of nine young children, all of whom are in school. Her husband is a small merchant. She sells basic...Funding via Hekima, a partner of World Relief -
Mujeres Guapisimas Group
15 BorrowersParaguay | Retail | Jewelry'Mujeres Guapisimas' (Pretty Women) are from the city of Vila Elisa. This group is made up of 15 women who came together in the hope of helping each other through their joint work. They are...Funding via Fundación Paraguaya -
Idalia Del Carmen
El Salvador | Food | Grocery StoreIdalia is applying for a new loan to purchase basic consumer products, since she wants to strengthen her stock of powdered milk, coffee, soft drinks, rice, oil, and sausages, with the goal of...Funding via PADECOMSM -
Noor
Israel | Retail | General StoreNoor is a 25-year-old women committed to succeeding and helping her family. Growing up she witnessed the potential of developing a business through her family’s flower shop. Unfortunately, before...Funding via Koret Israel Economic Development Funds (KIEDF) -
Juan
Peru | Manufacturing | Furniture MakingJuan was born in the Caicay district in the Paucartambo province in the department of Cusco and he is 44 years old. He is a carpenter and has a small workshop in his home where he makes all types...Funding via Asociación Arariwa -
Ñemityra Group
11 BorrowersParaguay | Agriculture | FarmingThe committee "Ñemityra" was formed from the initiative of Señora Buenaventura. They are indigenous women who make up part of a community in the city of Villa Ygatimi. They are currently in their...Funding via Fundación Paraguaya -
Chau Lam Thi Ngoc
Viet Nam | Food | Soft DrinksThis is Chau, 51, a resident of Ho Chi Minh City. She is married with two children.
Chau and her husband have operated a shop which sells many kind of soft drinks to the people in her community...Funding via Capital Aid Fund for Employment of the Poor (CEP) -
Adonay Group
16 BorrowersParaguay | Services | SewingAdonay is a group of 16 women from the city of San Lorenzo. They are all friends and neighbors from this city. They heard about Fundación Paraguaya's 'Entrepreneurial Women Program' and joined...Funding via Fundación Paraguaya -
Manantial De Vida 1, 2 & 3 Group
15 BorrowersDominican Republic | Clothing | ClothingAlfida is one of the members of the group named Manantial De Vida 1, 2 & 3. They are located in Samana, a city known for its developing tourism and for being a special destination due to...Funding via Esperanza International Dominican Republic, a partner of HOPE International -
Matar
Senegal | Retail | RetailMonsieur Matar is a young man of 34 years who lives in Senegal. He is married and the father of a two year old. He also has two other people in his care and under his roof. He is a driver who holds...Funding via UIMCEC, a partner of ChildFund International -
Santa Rosalia Group
11 BorrowersParaguay | Food | Food Production/SalesSanta Rosalia is a group of 11 women from the city of Caacupé. The group was formed by one of the members who found out about the program and invited her friends and neighbors to create a group....Funding via Fundación Paraguaya -
Hussein
Lebanon | Construction | ConstructionHussein is a 40-year-old married Lebanese man. He lives with his wife and two school-aged children. He is responsible for his family, which is why he works under pressure, and he’s more than...Funding via Ameen s.a.l. -
Akil
Iraq | Food | Food MarketThis borrower is from Iraq. He is 30 years old and married.
Akil has been the owner of a food market since 2009, selling soft drinks, juices, vegetables, cheese and other dairy products and...Funding via CHF International Access to Credit Services Initiatives (ACSI) Iraq -
Tomas Tavara Pupuche
Peru | Agriculture | LivestockTomas is a responsible 34 year old family head. He lives with his wife and his three young children in a house which they built with a lot of hard work in a rural village called "Tierra Rajada", in...Funding via Edpyme Alternativa -
Khuraman
Azerbaijan | Food | Fruits & VegetablesKhuraman has been engaged in vegetable selling for 29 years. She is a 53-year-old married woman and has four children aged 33 to 20. Khuraman started her business with very small capital. Now she...Funding via VisionFund AzerCredit LLC -
Henry Madrigal Cambronero
Costa Rica | Agriculture | PigsHenry is 29 years old. He is married and lives together with his son and his wife who are his main priority. He plans to use his loan to buy feed with which to fatten the piglets that he will...Funding via FUDECOSUR -
Barrio Felsina Group
18 BorrowersParaguay | Food | BakeryBarrio Felsina was formed by the union of several neighbors and friends in the city of Villa Elisa. They are very enterprising woman who joined the women’s program of Fundación Paraguaya in...Funding via Fundación Paraguaya -
Lawrence
Uganda | Agriculture | FarmingLawrence is 35 years old, married, and together the couple has 7 children. Lawrence is a farmer, although he also has a transport business. He has been farming for almost 5 years now. He started by...Funding via HOFOKAM Ltd., a partner of Catholic Relief Services -
Prisca
Kenya | Services | TailoringPrisca is a tailor who lives and works in Malindi, Kenya. She owns a tailoring shop that has been in operation for three years. She started up the business with the help of her parents’ savings....Funding via Milango Financial Services -
Faiza Nema
Kenya | Retail | Bicycle SalesFaiza, age 24, operates a bicycle spare parts business. She sells her goods at the market and has worked in this business for three years. Her primary customers are locals.
She joined Yehu to...Funding via Yehu Microfinance Trust