Sophia Msilanga

Status: Paying Back

$400
Loan Request
Disbursed : Jul 15, 2009
Listed: Jul 1, 2009
Funded: Jul 6, 2009
45% repaid

About the Country

Country:Tanzania
Avg Annual Income:$723
Currency:Tanzania Shillings (TZS)
Exchange Rate:1,300.0000 TZS = 1 USD


About the Loan

Location: Mwanza, Tanzania   Repayment Term: 13 months
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Activity: Hardware   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To purchase more building construction materials.   Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
      Default Protection: Not Covered
Mambo from Tanzania! This is 30 year old Sophia Msilanga from Mwanza. She is married with two children between the ages of 1 and 7 years old. Sophia has been running a hardware business since 2008. Her business is to sell building construction materials such as nails. She works at the business for 12 hours per day, 6 days per week.


Sophia currently earns about 200 USD from her business. She is requesting a loan of 400 USD in order to purchase more building construction materials. In the future, she plans to expand her business. Sophia thanks you for your support!


ABOUT SELFINA!


SELFINA has taken a lead role as a pioneer of micro-credit in Tanzania through Micro-Leasing. The organization is engaged in the economic empowerment of women in Tanzania through the provision of a leasing and leaseback microfinance facility. Customs and traditions in Tanzania make it difficult for women to own land and assets, thus they are termed non-creditworthy by financial institutions. This leads to poor financial support and poor access to basic needs and services for women with low incomes. One of the primary advantages of micro leasing is that is allows clients to use the equipment as collateral for future loans with SELFINA, thus enabling them to borrow larger sums in the future


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Journal entries for Sophia Msilanga


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Sophia Msilanga
Location: Mwanza, Tanzania

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to SOPHIA MSILANGA by Sero Lease and Finance Ltd. (SELFINA) in Tanzania. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 10 months of this loan, Sero Lease and Finance Ltd. (SELFINA) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Mwanza, Tanzania
Jul 15, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Sophia Msilanga

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
October 2009 $36.36 $36.36 Repayment Received
November 2009 $36.36 $36.36 Repayment Received
December 2009 $36.36 $36.36 Repayment Received
January 2010 $36.36 $36.36 Repayment Received
February 2010 $36.36 $36.36 Repayment Received
March 2010 $36.36 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $36.36 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $36.36 Available May 1  
June 2010 $36.36 Available Jun 1  
July 2010 $36.36 Available Jul 1  
August 2010 $36.40 Available Aug 1