Geraldine Edmilao

Status: Paying Back

$125
Loan Request
Pre-Disbursed : Aug 20, 2009
Listed: Aug 26, 2009
Funded: Aug 27, 2009
95% repaid

About the Country

Country:Philippines
Avg Annual Income:$1175
Currency:Philippines Pesos (PHP)
Exchange Rate:48.7100 PHP = 1 USD


About the Loan

Location: Talakag Bukidnon, Philippines   Repayment Term: 7 months
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Activity: Food Production/Sales   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To purchase raw ingredients needed to make products for sale   Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
      Default Protection: Covered
Geraldine Edmilao is from the village of Talakag Bukidnon. She is 26 years old. Geraldine is married and has three school-age children. To make a living, Geraldine operates a business venture making and selling food. The main source of income for the business comes from selling snacks and other delicacies in the local community. Geraldine has been engaged in her business for more than 10 years and earns approximately 5,000 Philippine pesos a month for these activities.

In 2009, Geraldine joined HSPFI to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and ability to engage in business activities. Geraldine is requesting a loan of 5,000 PHP, which will be used to purchase raw ingredients needed to make products for sale. This will be the first loan taken out by Geraldine from HSPFI. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to support the education of her children.

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, we created this template for our field staff 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 Geraldine Edmilao


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Geraldine Edmilao
Location: Talakag Bukidnon, Philippines

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Geraldine Edmilao 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 Talakag Bukidnon, Philippines
Aug 28, 2009
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Loan update
 
Entrepreneur: Geraldine Edmilao
Location: Talakag Bukidnon, Philippines

Geraldine Edmilao, is sending her thanks to her KIVA lenders. Daghang Salamat sa inyong pag hatag ug higayon . The money serves her an additional capital for her business and of course Geraldine able to provide the needs of her family especially her children . Daghang Salamat.


Posted by Ma. Soccoro Gumban from Talakag Bukidnon, Philippines
Feb 5, 2010
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Geraldine Edmilao

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
October 2009 $12.50 $12.50 Repayment Received
November 2009 $25.00 $25.00 Repayment Received
December 2009 $25.00 $25.00 Repayment Received
January 2010 $31.25 $31.25 Repayment Received
February 2010 $25.00 $25.00 Repayment Received
March 2010 $6.25 Available Mar 1