Germelina Pallar

Status: Paying Back

$225
Loan Request
Pre-Disbursed : Oct 27, 2009
Listed: Nov 8, 2009
Funded: Nov 8, 2009
33% repaid

About the Country

Country:Philippines
Avg Annual Income:$1175
Currency:Philippines Pesos (PHP)
Exchange Rate:47.5100 PHP = 1 USD


About the Loan

Location: Taboo, Jimenez Mis. Occ., Philippines   Repayment Term: 8 months
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Activity: Farming   Repayment Schedule: Irregularly
Loan Use: To purchase fertilizer and pesticides for her rice field   Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
      Default Protection: Covered
Germelina Pallar is from the village of Tabo-o, Jimenez, Misamis Occidental. She is 41 years old, is married, and has three adult children.

Germelina owns and operates a business harvesting and selling rice in the local community. She has been engaged in her business for over three years and earns approximately 6,000 PHP a month.

In 2009, Germelina joined GDMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and her ability to engage in business activities. She is requesting a loan of 10,000 PHP which will be used to purchase fertilizer and pesticides for her rice field. This loan will be her first from GDMPC. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to supplement her family's income.


About GDMPC:
GDMPC is one of the most progressive cooperatives in Mindanao, Philippines. It has four branches and three unit offices covering the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur, Lanao del Norte and Misamis Occidental. Its membership is composed mostly of farmers, fisherfolk and small entrepreneurs.


*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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Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Germelina Pallar
Location: Taboo, Jimenez Mis. Occ., Philippines

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Germelina Pallar by Gata Daku Multi-purpose Cooperative (GDMPC) in Philippines. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 6 months of this loan, Gata Daku Multi-purpose Cooperative (GDMPC) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Taboo, Jimenez Mis. Occ., Philippines
Nov 9, 2009
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Germelina Pallar
 
Entrepreneur: Germelina Pallar
Location: Taboo, Jimenez Mis. Occ., Philippines

Germelina Pallar is thankful of her loan because she able to finance her business and gained extra income for her to improve her living situation.


Posted by Ronie Panio from Taboo, Jimenez Mis. Occ., Philippines
Jan 14, 2010
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Germelina Pallar

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
January 2010 $37.50 $37.50 Repayment Received
February 2010 $37.50 $37.50 Repayment Received
March 2010 $37.50 Available Mar 1  
May 2010 $75.00 Available May 1  
June 2010 $37.50 Available Jun 1