Kiva Loans for EDESA

Maria Eugenia : Costa Rica

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:40:02 PDT

$1,800 of $2,025 raised.

Started raising funds on May 3, 2013

For more than eight years, Eugenia has worked to make the dreams of many Costa Ricans possible by granting them a production loan. It worries her that she doesn't have a safe where she can keep her beneficiaries' loan guarantee documents. She needs to buy one as soon as possible. For this reason she is asking for a million Costa Rican colones exactly (¢1,000,000), as this is how much the safe costs. Eugenia states that she will feel much calmer and secure once she has bought this equipment, as these documents are currently in a minimum security file box.

María De Los Angeles : Costa Rica

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:50:01 PDT

$1,975 of $2,025 raised.

Started raising funds on May 4, 2013

Maria de los Angeles is an enterprising woman and her main priority is to get her daughter ahead. She takes care of all the household expenses and her daughter’s education in her top priority. She is asking for this loan of one million Colones (¢1.000.000) so she can buy diverse merchandise and stock her grocery store so she can improve her customer service. Her goal is to increase her number of customers and, of course, her earnings.

Minor : Costa Rica

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:40:02 PDT

$1,325 of $2,025 raised.

Started raising funds on May 3, 2013

Minor is a young man who does several different things. Among them is home delivery of propane gas. He has important customers and needs a means of transportation to make his deliveries. Aside from this service in his own community, he wants to expand to other nearby areas. He is asking for a loan of a million colones (¢1.000.000) to buy a motorcycle to be able to travel to different areas. Minor feels completed by this loan that will help him achieve his goals.

Magdaly : Costa Rica

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:20:02 PDT

$750 of $2,025 raised.

Started raising funds on May 4, 2013

Magdaly is a young mother who, along with her husband, has the great task of raising her three children, and she is ready to do her part to pay the household expenses by setting up an area of her house to use as a beauty salon. There she tends to her customers, who are many because the service she gives them has been good and each one leaves satisfied with the service she has received. Magdaly is asking for a loan of one million Colones (¢1.000.000) so she can buy hair washing equipment, dryers, and various beauty products. With this she will be able to offer more options to her customers and obtain better earnings.

Jorge : Costa Rica

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:10:05 PDT

$575 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 8, 2013

Jorge is a very enterprising farmer with a great desire to get ahead. He grows corn and beans, which he needs to care for with fungicides, insecticides and fertilizers. It is for the purchase of these supplies and seeds for these grains that he is applying for a loan of one million colones (¢1.000.000). Jorge depends on this business to support his family. He claims that with this financing, he will get ahead economically.

Silvia : Costa Rica

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:00:02 PDT

$375 of $1,600 raised.

Started raising funds on May 8, 2013

Silvia is very hardworking. She would like to improve the condition of her home. She is requesting a loan of 800,000 CRC to buy materials such as ceramic tile and paint. She will use these materials to better finish her home and therefore improve her quality of life.

Minor : Costa Rica

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:40:02 PDT

$375 of $2,025 raised.

Started raising funds on May 3, 2013

Minor is the father of three children and lives in the southern part of the country. He delivers propane gas to merchants who sell food. He has many cylinders that he takes to the gas company to be recharged and distributed. He needs a loan of one million colones (¢1.000.000) in order to buy more liquefied gas so he can increase his customers. This way he can make more sales and, of course, increase his income.

Gisela : Costa Rica

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:50:01 PDT

$450 of $2,025 raised.

Started raising funds on May 5, 2013

Gisela is a hardworking woman who has gotten ahead through her own effort. She is the mother of two children and doesn’t have any other source of income, other than the one generated though her sales of clothing and shoes. She sells door to door and has formed an important set of customers in various communities. Demand for her products has increased and she is asking for a loan of one million Colones (¢1.000.000) so she can buy merchandise and meet her customer demand. She says that she is grateful about this type of communal financing.