This loan has been FULLY FUNDED by 9 lenders!

Carmelita Baluyos
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Status: Paid Back

$225
Loan Request
Pre-Disbursed : Jun 10, 2009
Listed: Jun 17, 2009
Funded: Jun 17, 2009
$225
Paid Back
Ended: Jan 15, 2010
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About the Loan

Location: Lopez Jaena Misamis Occidental, Philippines   Repayment Term: 8 months
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Activity: General Store   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To use as additional capital for the business   Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
      Default Protection: Covered
Carmelita Baluyos is from the village of Dampalan, Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental. She is 40 years old, married, and has two school-aged children.

Carmelita owns and operates a sari-sari (variety) store, selling daily home products. She has been engaged in her business for over five years and earns approximately 3,000 PHP a month.

In 2008, Carmelita joined GDMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and her ability to engage in business activities. She has successfully repaid a previous loan of 7,000 PHP from GDMPC.

Carmelita is requesting a new loan of 10,000 PHP which will be used as additional capital for her business. This loan will be her third from GDMPC. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to supplement the family's income.


About GDMPC:
GDMPC is one of the most progressive cooperatives in Mindanao, Philippines.


*Note: To maximize efficiency and reduce costs, this loan was posted using a template to automate the translation by Kiva. Given that manual translation of entrepreneur profiles is costly, Kiva created this template for our Field Partner to allow them to continue to post loans in English while providing quality and accurate information to Kiva lenders.


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About the Country

Country:Philippines
Avg Annual Income:$1175
Currency:Philippines Pesos (PHP)
Exchange Rate:48.4497 PHP = 1 USD
9 Lenders to this Entrepreneur

Rhonda
Cobble Hill, British Columbia
Canada

Good Dogg
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Belle
austin, TX
United States

Cathy
Bloomington, IN
United States

Terry T
Calgary, Alberta
Canada

Andres
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Dave
Valparaiso, IN
United States

Lorraine
Duluth, GA
United States

Dawn
Mount Holly, NJ
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Journal entries for Carmelita Baluyos


Subject: Loan has been disbursed
Location: Lopez Jaena Misamis Occidental, Philippines

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Carmelita Baluyos by Gata Daku Multi-purpose Cooperative in Philippines. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 5 months of this loan, Gata Daku Multi-purpose Cooperative will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Lopez Jaena Misamis Occidental, Philippines
Jun 18, 2009
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Subject: Purchase additional products to sell
Location: Lopez Jaena Misamis Occidental, Philippines

Carmelita Baluyos was able to purchased more products to sell in her "sari-sari" store.


Posted by Charmielou Sanchez from Lopez Jaena Misamis Occidental, Philippines
Jun 30, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Carmelita Baluyos

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
August 2009 $25.95 $25.95 Repayment Received
September 2009 $43.25 $43.25 Repayment Received
October 2009 $34.60 $34.60 Repayment Received
November 2009 $34.60 $34.60 Repayment Received
December 2009 $43.25 $43.25 Repayment Received
January 2010 $34.60 $34.60 Repayment Received
February 2010 $8.75 $8.75 Repayment Received