Tatiana Sinuk’s Group

Status: Paid Back

$1,400
Loan Request
Pre-Disbursed : Jun 2, 2009
Listed: Jun 14, 2009
Funded: Jun 15, 2009
$1,400
Paid Back
Ended: Jan 15, 2010

About the Country

Country:Kyrgyzstan
Avg Annual Income:$2,100
Currency:Kyrgyzstan Soms (KGS)
Exchange Rate:43.0997 KGS = 1 USD


In this Group:
Lidiya Radchenko, Tatiana Sinuk, Galina Stepanova, Valentin Krasnyh

About the Loan

Location: Kemin, Kyrgyzstan   Repayment Term: 8 months
(more info)
Activity: Livestock   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To breed livestock, which will supply her retirement home with milk and meat   Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
      Default Protection: Covered
Tatiana Sinuk (the first person on the left in the photograph) organized a retirement home called “Sunshine” for people between the ages 60-90 years old. She started 5 months ago, after her mother’s death. “I didn’t give all the warmth and care I could to my own parents, so I am giving it today to my new guests,” Tatiana says. Today, Tatiana has 11 elderly people in the home and 5 staff workers.

Tatiana financed the retirement home entirely with her own money. The local government provided an old building (a former kindergarten) to use free of charge for fifteen years. Tatiana managed to make some small renovations in the building. She bought 20 beds (the total capacity is 60 people) and purchased equipment for the kitchen and dining room. Because “Sunshine” does not have enough cash assets, all of the workers work for free and hope to be paid a salary when better times come. Nowadays, the retirement home exists only with the aid of the retiree’s pensions.



Tatiana hopes to use loan money to purchase a cow and two sheep. Milk and meat from the livestock will be used for cooking. Also, some amount of milk and meat can be sold in the market. Additional food and all the necessary materials will be purchased. Also, Tatiana expects the older people to participate in the process of livestock breeding in order to fill their free time with an interesting hobby.



Tatiana Sinuk is married and has three sons. She and her husband operate the retirement home and their sons try to help whenever they have free time. Tatiana comments: “I love this house. I feel like someone is protecting it.”







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Journal entries for Tatiana Sinuk’s Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Tatiana Sinuk’s Group
Location: Kemin, Kyrgyzstan

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Tatiana Sinuk’s Group, consisting of Lidiya Radchenko, Tatiana Sinuk, Galina Stepanova, Valentin Krasnyh by MCC Mol Bulak Finance LLC in Kyrgyzstan. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 6 months of this loan, MCC Mol Bulak Finance LLC will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Kemin, Kyrgyzstan
Jun 16, 2009
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Tatiana Sinuk's Video Update
 
Entrepreneur: Tatiana Sinuk’s Group
Location: Kemin, Kyrgyzstan

Mol Bulak Finance would like to provide you with an update on your group of borrowers. For your convenience, we have prepared a short video interview with the leader of the group, along with an English translation of their responses. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to respond to this update. Your comments are welcomed and are regularly reviewed by our staff.

To learn more about Mol Bulak and view a Video presentation about the organization, please visit: http://www.kiva.org/about/aboutPartner?id=135. If you would like to support and learn more about Kyrgyzstan and micro-finance in Central Asia, please join our Lending Team - Supporters of Kyrgyzstan - at http://kiva.org/team/kyrgyzstan

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We recently visited Tatiana at the home she runs. Since she opened the home nearly a year ago, her journey has been tough, but the renovations to the home are coming along. As she has limited opportunities to make ends meet, she was particularly thankful for the loan and everything that it has given her.

=== Transcript of the Video ===

Interviewer: What did you use the loan for?

Tatiana: We took the loan from Mol Bulak. I raise livestock, because without farming we wouldn’t be able to continue. The loan was necessary for us to carry on with the farming, so that firstly we would have enough to eat, and secondly so that we would have something to sell and be able to buy something else.


Posted by Rob Packer, KF10 from Kemin, Kyrgyzstan
Nov 11, 2009
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Further update on Tatiana Sinuk's loan
 
Entrepreneur: Tatiana Sinuk’s Group
Location: Kemin, Kyrgyzstan

Following our visit to Tatiana Sinuk last month, I also used her story as part of a post for the Kiva Fellow's Blog on the subject of remittances. As well as the post on remittances, there is a extended video with further questions to Tatiana and look around her centre: http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2009/11/24/remittances-money-from-siberia/


Posted by Rob Packer, KF10 from Kemin, Kyrgyzstan
Dec 4, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Tatiana Sinuk’s Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
August 2009 $0.00 $210.30  
September 2009 $210.30 $0.00 Repayment Received
October 2009 $219.01 $219.01 Repayment Received
November 2009 $228.08 $228.08 Repayment Received
December 2009 $237.56 $237.56 Repayment Received
January 2010 $247.40 $247.40 Repayment Received
February 2010 $257.65 $257.65 Repayment Received