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Kiva Fellow Tamara

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Location:
Samoa
Occupation:
Kiva Fellow
I loan because:
it empowers others
Member Since:
Jul 24, 2009
Bio:
A native New Yorker, Tamara graduated from the University of Virginia in 2002, with a degree in Economics and Foreign Affairs. Subsequently, Tamara spent two years working for an investment bank in Manhattan before relocating to Tokyo with her firm where she has spent the past six years of her career. During her time in Japan, Tamara was introduced to the world of microfinance, and a desire to pair her passion for social responsibility and her professional skill set prompted her to pursue an opportunity to contribute through the Kiva Fellowship Program. Humbled and ecstatic, Tamara is eagerly looking forward to continuing the work of the Kiva Fellows who have served before her, and becoming a part of the Kiva community
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Tamara's Kiva Fellowships

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Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF12

Fellow at South Pacific Business Development (SPBD)

Samoa

Aug 10, 2010 to Nov 5, 2010

Entrepreneurs Tamara Has Visited

Update for Tutoatasi
Sep 17, 2010
Part of Tutoatasi Tevaga\'s business is creating \"elei\" (Samoan patterns) for lava lavas. A lava lava is a long piece of cloth worn like a skirt by both men and women. Tutoatasi used her loan to buy paints, [...]
Update for Tauveve
Sep 17, 2010
Tauveve Sale has a business selling ice cakes and pancakes. Her loan with SPBD has helped her to buy ingredients and equipment such as flour and fillings, oil, frying pans, and sugar. She feels that her business [...]
Update for Siupolu
Sep 15, 2010
Siupolu Puaaelo owns a vegetable garden and has used her loan to buy pumpkin seeds and various other vegetable seeds. By joining the loan program with SPBD, she has been able to expand her garden and vegetable [...]
Update for Teu
Sep 15, 2010
Teu Tiitii has a taro, vegetable, and coco plantation. She was able to use her loan to help buy wire fencing for the planation as well as buy cement for her house. Since joining the loan program with SPBD, Teu has [...]
Update for Malia
Sep 15, 2010
Malia Falaniko owns a vegetable garden and used her loan to buy seeds for pumpkin, beans, cabbage, cucumbers, and eggplant as well as Gramoxome to help kill weeds. She feels that since joining the loan program [...]

Tamara's Loans

1 loan

  

Tamara's Teams

Portfolio Distribution

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  • By Partner

Gender

Distribution By Gender
Gender %
Male100.00%

Country

Distribution By Country
Country %
Kyrgyzstan100.00%

Sector

Distribution By Sector
Sector %
Retail100.00%

Partner

Distribution By Field Partner
Field Partner %
Bai Tushum & Partners100.00%

Tamara's Lending Activity by Country

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