Armando Sabate

Status: Paid Back

$125
Loan Request
Pre-Disbursed : Aug 6, 2009
Listed: Aug 22, 2009
Funded: Aug 22, 2009
$125
Paid Back
Ended: Jan 15, 2010

About the Country

Country:Philippines
Avg Annual Income:$1175
Currency:Philippines Pesos (PHP)
Exchange Rate:48.1850 PHP = 1 USD


About the Loan

Location: Quezon , Bukidnon, Philippines   Repayment Term: 6 months
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Activity: Food Production/Sales   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To invest in expanding his business   Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
      Default Protection: Covered
Armando Sabate is from the village of Quezon, Bukidnon. He is 41 years old, is married, and has four school-aged children.

Armando owns and operates a business making and selling food, selling barbecue and balot in the local community. A balot or balut is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. He has been engaged in his business for over three years and earns approximately 5,000 PHP a month.

In 2009, Armando joined HSPFI to gain access to financial services to help improve his living situation and his ability to engage in business activities. He is requesting a loan of 5,000 PHP which will be used to invest in expanding the business. This loan will be his first from HSPFI. He plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to improve and expand his business.


About HSPFI:
HSPFI is one of the accredited partners of Opportunity International in the Philippines. It is based in Cagayan de Oro City and is reaching out to the poor households of Northern Mindanao.


*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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Journal entries for Armando Sabate


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Armando Sabate
Location: Quezon , Bukidnon, Philippines

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Armando Sabate by Hagdan sa Pag-uswag Foundation, Inc. (HSPFI) in Philippines. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 4 months of this loan, Hagdan sa Pag-uswag Foundation, Inc. (HSPFI) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Quezon , Bukidnon, Philippines
Aug 23, 2009
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Loan Updates
 
Entrepreneur: Armando Sabate
Location: Quezon , Bukidnon, Philippines

Armando Sabate wanted to say thank you to his lenders for the loan he received. He was able spent portion of it for his motorcycle maintenance, he used this motorcycle to peddle the balut. He was also purchased more balut for his customers. He is good in paying his weekly obligation to be able to access another loan for business expansion. Daghan Salamat lenders.


Posted by sonjelie pagobo from Quezon , Bukidnon, Philippines
Nov 9, 2009
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Loan Updates
 
Entrepreneur: Armando Sabate
Location: Quezon , Bukidnon, Philippines

Armando Sabate wanted to say thank you to his lenders for the loan he received. He was able spent portion of it for his motorcycle maintenance, he used this motorcycle to peddle the balut. He was also purchased more balut for his customers. He is good in paying his weekly obligation to be able to access another loan for business expansion. Daghan Salamat lenders.


Posted by sonjelie pagobo from Quezon , Bukidnon, Philippines
Nov 9, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Armando Sabate

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
October 2009 $25.00 $25.00 Repayment Received
November 2009 $25.00 $25.00 Repayment Received
December 2009 $31.25 $31.25 Repayment Received
January 2010 $25.00 $25.00 Repayment Received
February 2010 $18.75 $18.75 Repayment Received