This loan has been FULLY FUNDED by 17 lenders!

Gertrudes Lumasag
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Status: Paying Back

$550
Loan Request
Pre-Disbursed : Feb 3, 2010
Listed: Feb 5, 2010
Funded: Feb 8, 2010
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0% repaid

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About the Loan

Location: Oroquieta City Misamis Occidental, Philippines   Repayment Term: 12 months
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Activity: General Store   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: to pay workers' wages   Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
      Default Protection: Not Covered
Gertrudes Lumasag is from the village of Talairon, Oroquieta City. She is 68 years old. Gertrudes is married and has four adult-aged children. To make a living, Gertrudes owns and operates a retail store, selling daily-use products such as shampoo, as well as snacks, candies, noodles, eggs and so on in the local community. Gertrudes has been engaged in her business for over two years and earns approximately $66 a month from these activities.

In 2008, Gertrudes joined GDMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation by engaging in business activities. Gertrudes has successfully repaid a previous loan of 25,000 PHP from GDMPC. Gertrudes is requesting a new loan of 25,000 PHP which will be used for workers' wages. This will be her 5th loan from GDMPC. She plans to use the additional revenue generated to improve her business.

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:46.1500 PHP = 1 USD
17 Lenders to this Entrepreneur

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Journal entries for Gertrudes Lumasag


Subject: Loan to Gertrudes Lumasag in Philippines has been 100% funded
Location: Oroquieta City Misamis Occidental, Philippines

Thanks to you and 16 other Kiva Lenders, the $550.00 loan requested by Gertrudes Lumasag in Philippines has been 100% funded. The loan will be used for the purpose of: to pay workers' wages.

Over the months of this loan, Kiva’s Field Partner in Philippines, Gata Daku Multi-purpose Cooperative (GDMPC), will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Oroquieta City Misamis Occidental, Philippines
Feb 8, 2010
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Gertrudes Lumasag

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
May 2010 $55.00 Available May 1  
June 2010 $55.00 Available Jun 1  
July 2010 $55.00 Available Jul 1  
August 2010 $55.00 Available Aug 1  
September 2010 $55.00 Available Sep 1  
October 2010 $55.00 Available Oct 1  
November 2010 $55.00 Available Nov 1  
December 2010 $55.00 Available Dec 1  
January 2011 $55.00 Available Jan 1  
February 2011 $55.00 Available Feb 1