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  • Nela
    Food Production/Sales
    Philippines
    Paying back
    35% repaid

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  • Veronica

    Veronica

    Kenya | Education | Higher education costs
    Veronica is a student applying for a loan to pay for her tuition fees to help finish her undergraduate degree at Strathmore University. This is her story:

    I am Veronica, 20 years of age, from...
    Funding via Strathmore University
    59% raised
    $6,650.00
    Fully Funded
  • Kantuta Group

    Kantuta Group

    8 Borrowers
    Bolivia | Arts | Weaving
    The 'KANTUTA' community bank are about to start their second loan cycle with Pro Mujer as part of the Collpani regional office. This group has eight members and is run by a board of directors...
    Funding via Pro Mujer Bolivia
    39% raised
    $287.50
    (per borrower)
    Fully Funded
  • Khalil

    Khalil

    Lebanon | Food | Food
    Khalil is a 63-year-old Lebanese widower. He’s living on his own and doing his best to live the rest of his life properly as it should be. He opened his own nuts roastery shop in 2003, after...
    Funding via Ameen s.a.l.
    60% raised
    $2,000.00
     Only 14 hours 17 minutes left!
    Fully Funded
  • Abbas

    Abbas

    Lebanon | Retail | Party Supplies
    Abbas is a 23-year-old Lebanese single man. He’s living with his parents and only one sibling who is still studying. His father is working really hard to offer a suitable life for his family....
    Funding via Ameen s.a.l.
    9% raised
    $2,600.00
    Fully Funded
  • Knarik Galstyan

    Knarik Galstyan

    Armenia | Agriculture | Cattle
    Knarik lives in the village of Shirakavan in the Shirak region of Armenia. She is widowed with two children: a thirty-year-old daughter and a thirty-nine-year-old son. She is a hardworking,...
    Funding via AREGAK Universal Credit Organization
    11% raised
    $3,000.00
    Fully Funded
  • Burul

    Burul

    Kyrgyzstan | Agriculture | Livestock
    Burul is 35 years old, she is married and is raising four children. In 2000 while looking for a source of financial support for her family Burul started her business in field work and animal...
    Funding via Bai Tushum & Partners
    1% raised
    $1,725.00
    Fully Funded
  • Junaydullo

    Junaydullo

    Tajikistan | Food | Fruits & Vegetables
    Junaydullo is a resident of the Gissar district. He is 32 years old, married and has one child. His wife is a homemaker. He has a secondary education. Junaydullo has been involved in selling...
    Funding via MLO Humo and Partners
    58% raised
    $850.00
     Only 17 hours 7 minutes left!
    Fully Funded
  • Abdumumin

    Abdumumin

    Tajikistan | Agriculture | Animal Sales
    Abdumumin lives in the city of Khujand. He is 33 years old. He has been involved in animal husbandry for over 15 years. He primarily breeds livestock at home. Abdumumin is requesting this loan...
    Funding via MLO Humo and Partners
    49% raised
    $3,000.00
     Only 11 hours 27 minutes left!
    Fully Funded
  • Bozorali

    Bozorali

    Tajikistan | Retail | Home Products Sales
    Bozorali lives in the Hamadoni district. He is 48 years old, married and has five children. He has a secondary education. Bozorali is involved in sales at a market. He has a retail outlet,...
    Funding via MLO Humo and Partners
    69% raised
    $1,075.00
     Only 12 hours 37 minutes left!
    Fully Funded
  • Suhrob

    Suhrob

    Tajikistan | Services | Auto Repair
    Suhrob lives in the city of Vahdat. He is 49 years old, married and has four children. His wife is involved in household work. Suhrob is involved in repairing cars at home. Today, he intends to...
    Funding via MLO Humo and Partners
    16% raised
    $3,000.00
     Only 1 day left!
    Fully Funded
  • Renan

    Renan

    United States | Services | Services
    Renan immigrated to the US from Brazil many years ago to start his own small painting business in Framingham, Massachusetts. He started his business because he had extensive experience in the...
    Funding via ACCION USA
    83% raised
    $4,250.00
     Only 1 day left!
    Fully Funded
  • Jhonnyz Enrique Gonzalez Elles

    Jhonnyz Enrique Gonzalez Elles

    Colombia | Services | Barber Shop
    Jhonnys has a lot of life experience, he grew up an orphan and from early on he learned to fend for himself. He became independent and from 2002 he started his own barbershop business,...
    Funding via Fundación Mario Santo Domingo (FMSD)
    87% raised
    $600.00
     Only 4 days left!
    Fully Funded
  • Komiljon

    Komiljon

    Tajikistan | Agriculture | Animal Sales
    Komiljon breeds cattle at home. He is 56 years old, married and has six children. Komiljon is requesting this loan to purchase cattle.
    Funding via MLO Humo and Partners
    73% raised
    $650.00
     Only 2 days left!
    Fully Funded
  • Altangerel Sanjsuren

    Altangerel Sanjsuren

    Mongolia | Clothing | Clothing Sales
    Mrs. Altangerel, 40, runs a retail stall by rent in the bazaar of Darkhan, the second largest city in Mongolia. Actually, she sells some kinds of clothes, such as underwear. She has been running...
    Funding via Credit Mongol LLC
    37% raised
    $1,850.00
    Fully Funded
  • Lal

    Lal

    Tajikistan | Agriculture | Animal Sales
    Lal lives in Qubadiyon. She is 43 years old, married, and has four children. Her husband is working outside the country. She raises animals on her own, buying livestock to re-sell in the future....
    Funding via MLO Humo and Partners
    58% raised
    $425.00
    Fully Funded
  • Lubomir Boiko

    Lubomir Boiko

    Ukraine | Agriculture | Farming
    Lubomir lives in the village of Gladkovka with his wife and daughter. In his greenhouses, he grows early-season vegetables for sale. On 1 hectare of land, he annually grows 8,000 tomato plants,...
    Funding via HOPE Ukraine/Nadiya, a partner of HOPE International
    21% raised
    $2,500.00
    Fully Funded
  • Buthaina

    Buthaina

    Jordan | Clothing | Clothing Sales
    Buthaina, a 43-year-old housewife has four sons and daughters. Her husband works at making bricks and blocks.

    Buthaina started two years ago selling clothes at her house to neighbors and...
    Funding via National Microfinance Bank
    3% raised
    $725.00
    Fully Funded
  • La Medalla Milagrosa Group

    La Medalla Milagrosa Group

    8 Borrowers
    Peru | Retail | General Store
    This is a group of women with initiative, values and good proposals on how to conduct business nowadays. The group is called "La Medalla Milagrosa" (the miraculous medal) and consists of eight...
    Funding via EDAPROSPO
    8% raised
    $715.63
    (per borrower)
    Fully Funded
  • Ronie Guia

    Ronie Guia

    Philippines | Agriculture | Agriculture
    Ronie is 38 years old and resides in Lopez Jaena, Misamis, Occidental, Philippines. He is married and has three children.

    Ronie operates both a banana plantation and a gardening business to earn...
    Funding via Gata Daku Multi-purpose Cooperative (GDMPC)
    58% raised
    $1,200.00
    Fully Funded
  • Dimbalante Group

    Dimbalante Group

    15 Borrowers
    Senegal | Retail | Retail
    The Dimbalanté solidarity group was created on December 21, 2009. It consists of 15 women who all live in the same village and are involved in small retail business. Sokhna is the facilitator of...
    Funding via CAURIE Microfinance, a partner of Catholic Relief Services
    43% raised
    $123.33
    (per borrower)
    Fully Funded