Kiva Loans for Komak Credit Union

Akhmad : Azerbaijan

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:30:02 PDT

$575 of $2,550 raised.

Started raising funds on May 3, 2012

Akhmad is married and has two children. He is 26 years old. Akhmad lives in the Fuzuli region. He is an IDP from the city of Fuzuli and now lives together with his wife and children. He has been involved in animal husbandry for five years and breeds sheep. Currently, Akhmad needs 2000 AZN to buy sheep for developing and expanding his business. He learned this business from his father, who is also involved in animal husbandry.

Natig : Azerbaijan

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:10:03 PDT

$350 of $2,550 raised.

Started raising funds on May 7, 2012

Natig has been working in his own auto service business for nine years. Natig is a very hardworking and kind man. He is married and has three children. He used to live and work in the Absheron region, but he decided to move to Baku for the education of his children. His auto service business is located in Absheron. Natig is 49 years old. This is Natig's second loan from Kiva. He is very grateful to Kiva and lenders for helping him in growing of his business. Right now he really needs 2,000 AZN to buy spare parts and tools to repair cars.

Zahid : Azerbaijan

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:30:01 PDT

$300 of $2,550 raised.

Started raising funds on May 7, 2012

Zahid is now married, and his son was born just a week ago. He lives in the Absheron Region with his wife and child. Zahid is 26 years old. For the last seven years, he has owned a barber shop, where he also works himself. Now that he has a child, Zahid needs to increase his monthly income, and therefore he needs 2000 AZN to buy new equipment (hair-cutting and shaving instruments, hair dryer etc) in order to improve his work and increase his revenues. This is Zahid's second loan. He says that his first loan was very helpful: he was able to renovate and upgrade his shop. He is grateful to Kiva and the lenders for their help.

Faig : Azerbaijan

Wed, 09 May 2012 07:40:03 PDT

$250 of $1,275 raised.

Started raising funds on May 9, 2012

Faig is 44 years old. He lives in the Baku region together with his wife and 2 children. Faig is an internally displaced person from Agdam, which lies within the occupied Karabakh territories. For the past year, Faig has been operating his own taxi service. As you can see in the photo, the car also has a special metal rack on its roof, which allows Faig to transport heavy cargo in addition to passengers. This is Faig's second Kiva loan. He used his first loan to develop his clothing sales business, but has since decided to change his occupation and became a taxi driver. Faig is very grateful to Kiva and his lenders for his first loan. Presently, he is asking for help in improving his new business - he needs 1000 AZN to buy spare parts and repair his vehicle.

Teyyar : Azerbaijan

Sun, 13 May 2012 03:20:02 PDT

$225 of $2,550 raised.

Started raising funds on May 13, 2012

Teyyar is an IDP (internally displaced person), he migrated from the city of Fuzuli which is currently occupied. Teyyar is 38 years old. He is married and has two children. Teyyar lives in the Fuzuli region together with his wife and children, who he loves very much. Teyyar has problems with his eyes, which he got after the war in 1992 from receiving blows and injury to his head. For a long time he could not find a job because of these problems, but 5 years ago Teyyar's older brother helped him open this store, where Teyyar himself works. Currently he needs 2000 AZN in order to increase the space in his store and develop his business, in order to improve his monthly income.

Namig : Azerbaijan

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:00:05 PDT

$175 of $2,550 raised.

Started raising funds on Apr 28, 2012

Namig is forty-five years old. He's married and has two cihldren. Namig is an Internally Displaced Person (IDP); he had to leave the city of Fuzuli and now resides in the Fuzuli region with his family. For the last five years, he's been planting onions on his field. Now he needs a loan of 2000 AZN in order to purchase fertilizers and increase the quality of his onions.

Elchin : Azerbaijan

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:50:02 PDT

$50 of $2,550 raised.

Started raising funds on May 3, 2012

Elchin is an IDP from the city of Fuzuli and now lives in the Fuzuli region together with his family. He is married and has one son. Elchin is 26 years old. As you can see on the photograph, he is involved in animal husbandry and has been breeding cattle for four years. Elchin needs 2000 AZN in order to buy cattle for developing his business, increasing milk volumes and improving his family's monthly income. He learned his business from his older brother, who helped him to start this business.

Aliaskar : Azerbaijan

Mon, 07 May 2012 10:10:03 PDT

$200 of $1,275 raised.

Started raising funds on May 7, 2012

Aliaskar is married and has 3 children. Previously, he resided in the Absheron region, but has since moved to the Baku region. Aliaskar is 56 years old. He has been a professional driver for over 12 years. Previously, he worked as a driver of a passenger minivan. Aliaskar has now bought a different type of vehicle which he uses to transport heavy cargo and also as a taxi. Presently, he needs 1000 AZN to purchase spare parts for his car. This is Aliaskar's second loan. He is very grateful to Kiva and his lenders for their support. Aliaskar repaid his previous loan on schedule and without delays.

Faig : Azerbaijan

Wed, 09 May 2012 10:10:03 PDT

$200 of $2,050 raised.

Started raising funds on May 9, 2012

Faig is married and has 2 children. He is 46 and lives in the Baku region together with his loving family. For the past 11 years, Faig has been using his vehicle to transport cargo. Mainly, he delivers building materials and furniture. Presently, he needs 1600 AZN to repair his vehicle and resume work, as the truck is currently broken and Faig is unable to make deliveries. Faig has learned this business from his father, who also transported cargo for a living.

Hesret : Azerbaijan

Sun, 13 May 2012 02:40:01 PDT

$50 of $1,275 raised.

Started raising funds on May 13, 2012

Hesret is 42 years old. He lives in the Fuzuli region together with his family. Hesret is married and has three children. He is an IDP (internally displaced person) and migrated from the occupied territory Karabakh in the city of Fuzuli. Herset has owned his store, where he sells cleaning products and also different lotions and shampoos and similar products, for 6 years already. Currently he needs 1000 AZN in order to purchase food products for placement in his store to sell, as there is a demand for food products among his customers. This business he learned from his oldest brother.

Zenfira : Azerbaijan

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:40:04 PDT

$125 of $2,550 raised.

Started raising funds on May 15, 2012

Zenfira has been involved in selling food products for 11 years and has had her own store for seven. She is not married. Zenfira lives in the Fuzuli region. She moved from the city of Fuzuli, which is an occupied territory, and is an IDP. Zenfira currently needs 2000 AZN to increase her store space in order to include more merchandise. In the future, she wants to use this space to sell cleaning supplies.

Elmaddin : Azerbaijan

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:40:02 PDT

$0 of $2,550 raised.

Started raising funds on May 15, 2012

Elmaddin is 31 years old. He is married and has two children. For the last four years, he has been involved in animal farming, raising cattle. He lives in the Fuzuli Region, where raising livestock is the most common type of business as the need for it is high. Elmaddin is an Internally Displaced Person from the town of Fuzuli. At present, Elmaddin needs AZN in order to buy more cattle for the development of his business as customer demand is very high. Elmaddin learned this line of work from his grandfather, who also used to raise livestock.