Kiva Loans for Palestine for Credit :and: Development (FATEN)

Laila : Palestine

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:30:02 PDT

$1,650 of $3,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 15, 2012

Laila is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her son, who is a bank employee, appears in her Kiva profile photo, pictured in front of the store to deliver orders. Laila is a 42-year-old woman. She is married and a mother to two sons and two daughters, all of them are above 18 years old. Laila and her elder son, who is a bank employee, have a project to deliver orders. They contract with big stores and restaurants to deliver their orders to homes and institutions. They have two motorcycles that are used to deliver orders from one place to another, but they are not enough as the size of work is increased. Laila is requesting a 3,000 USD loan from FATEN to help her cover the costs of purchasing two other motorcycles. This will help Laila and her son to handle all orders and deliver them in a short time and improve the family's income.

Nafetha : Palestine

Tue, 08 May 2012 08:30:02 PDT

$650 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 8, 2012

Nafetha and her husband are photographed in the picture. Nafetha is a 53-year-old woman. She is married and a mother with five sons and two daughters. One of her daughters has a beauty salon, which has been a profitable project, but also needs more support to cover the family's needs. Nafetha is requesting a 2,000 USD loan from FATEN to help her cover the costs of purchasing new home furniture such as living room and bedroom furniture, instead of the very old furniture she has. Taking this loan will offer to Nafetha and her family comfortable home furniture and create to them suitable home conditions.

Samya : Palestine

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:20:10 PDT

$200 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 15, 2012

Samya is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband, Hassan, appears in her Kiva profile photo. Samya is a 32-year-old woman.She is married to Hassan and a mother to two sons and one daughter. Her husband is employed but gets a low salary that is not enough to cover the costs of the family's needs. Samya is requesting a 1,500 USD loan from FATEN to help her cover the cost of purchasing the requested paints and painting the family's house, which consists of three rooms, one kitchen and two bathrooms. This will enable Samya and her family to enjoy living in an improved house.

Sameeha : Palestine

Mon, 14 May 2012 04:20:09 PDT

$550 of $2,525 raised.

Started raising funds on May 14, 2012

Sameeha is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her son Ra'fat appears in her Kiva profile photo, pictured next to the taxi whose price the family wants to complete. Sameeha is a 50-year-old woman; she is married and a mother to two sons and one daughter. Her elder son is employed and gets a low salary. Her other son Ra'fat has been a taxi driver for four years, which has been a profitable project, but also needs more support to cover costs. Sameeha is requesting a USD loan from FATEN to help her son Ra'fat cover the costs of purchasing a new taxi. Taking out this loan will enable Sameeha to help her son get a new taxi, which will allow him to work extra hours and contribute to increasing the family's income. About this loan product: FATEN offers loans that are customized for Muslim borrowers. A key principle of Islam is the prohibition of charging interest on a loan. This prohibition is based on the belief that money is only a medium of exchange and has no value in itself. In order to offer loans in a manner that is consistent with borrowers' values, FATEN charges 0% interest on this loan. However, FATEN does charge a servicing fee to cover its costs. The loan amount you see listed on Kiva includes both the loan principal and the servicing fees. As with all Kiva loans, you should expect to have your funds returned to you according to this loan’s repayment schedule.

Huda : Palestine

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:20:03 PDT

$475 of $1,125 raised.

Started raising funds on May 15, 2012

Huda is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband Khaled appears in her Kiva profile photo. Huda is a 36-year-old woman who is married to Khaled. She is also a mother to four sons and one daughter. Her husband is employed, but he earns a low salary that is not enough to cover the family's needs. Huda is requesting a loan from FATEN to help her cover the costs of purchasing new home furniture such as living room furniture and bedroom furniture for her children. These purchases will improve the family's home living conditions and offer Huda's children comfortable beds to sleep in. About this loan product: FATEN offers loans that are customized for Muslim borrowers. A key principle of Islam is the prohibition of charging interest on a loan. This prohibition is based on the belief that money is only a medium of exchange and has no value in itself. In order to offer loans in a manner that is consistent with borrowers' values, FATEN charges 0% interest on this loan. However, FATEN does charge a servicing fee to cover its costs. The loan amount you see listed on Kiva includes both the principal loan and the loan servicing fees. As with all Kiva loans, you should expect to have your funds returned to you according to this loan’s repayment schedule. For more information on lending in the Muslim world, please click here.

Randa : Palestine

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:01:50 PDT

$350 of $3,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Randa is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband, Sami, appears in her Kiva profile photo. Randa is a 28-year-old, married woman. She is a mother with two sons and three daughters. Her husband is employed but earns a low salary, which is not enough to cover his family's needs and to pay the cost of completing the building of their house. Randa is requesting a $3,000 loan from FATEN to help her husband cover the costs of completing the building of their house, including installing tiles, windows and doors, and painting. With this loan, Randa and her family will soon be able to live in their house and enjoy suitable living conditions.

Nidal : Palestine

Wed, 02 May 2012 05:10:02 PDT

$350 of $3,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 2, 2012

Nidal is a twenty-nine-year-old young married man, the father of one daughter. His wife is employed in a local institution and gets a low salary, which is not enough to cover the family's needs and costs. Nidal is requesting a 3,000 USD youth loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of completing work on his house. He wants to do work such as installing tiles, painting, installing windows and doors. This will improve the house's condition and enable Nidal and his family to live in the house soon and enjoy suitable living conditions. Nidal is photographed the picture.

Saa'di : Palestine

Sun, 06 May 2012 18:20:08 PDT

$375 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 6, 2012

Saa'di is a conservative person who prefers not to have his photo published online, so his brother appears in his Kiva profile photo, along with the refrigerator Saa'di wants to purchase. Saa'di is a 33-year-old married man, with one son and two daughters. Saa'di is employed and earns a small salary, which is not enough to cover all of the family's needs and costs. Saa'di wants to improve his family's living conditions by replacing their old refrigerator with a new one. This is especially important since summer is around the corner and the family want to get a suitable refrigerator to preserve food properly and to drink cool water. Saa'di is requesting a 1,500 USD loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of purchasing the refrigerator.

Yaqoub : Palestine

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:01:58 PDT

$1,750 of $3,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Yaqoub is photographed with the old kit he uses to install air conditioning. Yaqoub is a Palestinian and married with two sons and four daughters. For the past seven years, Yaqoub has been earning an income installing air conditioning, but is not covering all of his costs. Yaqoub is requesting a USD 3,000 loan from FATEN to help him purchase a new kit for installing air conditioning that would include different types of drills and screws, filters, and special materials to clean air conditioners. This would increase the quality of Yaqoub's work and increase his family's income.

Mohammad : Palestine

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:01:50 PDT

$450 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Mohammad is photographed next to the bedroom furniture he will purchase. He is a 23 -year-old single young man, employed, but his salary is low and not enough to cover all of his life costs. Mohammad wants to purchase new bedroom furniture and living room seats for his house. He is requesting a 1,500 USD youth loan from FATEN to help him to cover the costs of these purchases. Taking this loan will enable Mohammad to have suitable furniture and enjoy living at home.

Nidal : Palestine

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:01:58 PDT

$425 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Nidal, photographed inside one of the stores that sells home appliances, is a 29-year-old employed man who earns a low salary insufficient to cover all of his costs. Currently engaged to be married soon, Nidal is requesting a 1,500 USD youth loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of purchasing necessary home appliances such as a stove, washing machine, and refrigerator. This loan will enable him to prepare well for the occasion and offer to his betrothed a suitably-furnished house

Amal : Palestine

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:10:03 PDT

$325 of $1,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 6, 2012

Amal is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband appears next to his taxi in her Kiva profile photo. Amal is a 43-year-old woman. She is married and a mother of four sons and eight daughters. Eight of her children are married and have their own lives. Her husband is employed and gets a low salary, which is not enough to cover the family's needs. For the past three years, Amal's husband has also been driving a taxi, which has been a profitable project and a second helper income to the family. Amal decided to help her husband, so she is requesting a 1,000 USD loan from FATEN to help her husband cover the costs of licensing and insuring his taxi. This will make the taxi legal to move from one area to another and enable Amal's husband to work extra hours and take more internal requests, which will help to improve the family's income positively.

Suhair : Palestine

Tue, 08 May 2012 02:40:03 PDT

$425 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 8, 2012

Suhair is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband Hussni appears in her Kiva profile photo. This picture was taken in his store, where he sells vehicles and spare parts. Suhair is a 37-year-old woman. She is married to Hussni and a mother to four sons. Her husband Hussni has been operating a store for selling spare auto parts, which is the only source of income to the family and a profitable project, but also not enough to cover all the costs and the family's needs. Suhair is requesting a loan of $2000 to help her husband cover the costs of purchasing necessary spare auto parts to resell. This will provide Suhair's husband with a varied collection of spare parts, which will help to increase sales and improve the family's income.

Ammar : Palestine

Sun, 06 May 2012 19:40:03 PDT

$300 of $700 raised.

Started raising funds on May 6, 2012

Ammar is a 30-year-old young man. He is married and a father, with one daughter aged six years old. Ammar is employed and receives a low salary, which is not enough to cover all the family's needs and costs. He wants to replace the old refrigerator he has at home with a new one, especially now that Summer season is around the corner. The family wants to get a suitable cooling refrigerator to preserve food for a long time. Ammar is requesting a loan to help him cover the costs of purchasing a new refrigerator for his home. This loan will afford Ammar and his family a suitable refrigerator to preserve food in healthy conditions as well as the opportunity to drink cool water during the summer season without any additional costs that could strain the family financially. Ammar is pictured next to the refrigerator he wants to purchase.

Khalil : Palestine

Wed, 09 May 2012 04:20:04 PDT

$500 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 9, 2012

Khalil is a 51-year-old man. He is married and a father to five sons. He is a worker with a low salary which is not enough to cover the family's needs. For the past seven years, Khalil has also been raising and selling sheep and sheep products, which has been a profitable project, but he also needs more support to cover the costs. Khalil is requesting a 1,500 USD loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of purchasing more sheep and expanding and improving the herd's condition. This will increase sales and improve the family's income. Kahlil is photographed next to the herd.

Luai : Palestine

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:03 PDT

$275 of $3,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 15, 2012

Luai is a 35-year-old man. He is married and a father to three sons and one daughter. For the past ten years, Luai has been selling basic kitchen supplies and food in a stall. This has been a profitable project, but he also needs more support to cover the family's needs, especially since this is the only source of income for his family. Luai is requesting a 3,000 USD loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of purchasing a large amount of summer fruits and vegetables that customers usually request and buy. This will give Luai a better collection of fruits and vegetables, which will help him to increase his sales and improve his family's income. Luai is photographed next to his stall.

Yasmeen : Palestine

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:01:50 PDT

$225 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Yasmeen is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband appears in her Kiva profile photo. The picture was taken in their house. Yasmeen is a 24-year-old young woman. She is married and a mother with one son. Her husband is employed and gets a low salary, which is not enough to cover his family's needs and pay for purchasing new home furniture. Yasmeen is requesting a 2,000 USD youth loan from FATEN to help her cover the costs of purchasing new home furniture such as living room and bedroom furniture. Taking this loan will offer to Yasmeen and her family suitable and comfortable furniture to enjoy their living at home.

Jameel : Palestine

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:01:51 PDT

$300 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Jameel is photographed next to his house. Jameel is a twenty-eight-year-old young man, he is married with no children yet. He is employed and earns a low salary which is not enough to cover the family's costs and needs. Jameel is requesting a 1,500 USD youth loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of finishing his house and improving its condition. He needs to do things such as installing windows, installing electric extensions and painting. This will enable Jameel and his wife to move in soon and to live in suitable housing conditions.

Haitham : Palestine

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:01:57 PDT

$200 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Haitham is a 28-year-old young man. He is employed in a local factory and earns a salary, but not enough to cover all the costs. He is engaged and is preparing his house to get married soon. Hiatham is requesting a 2,000 USD youth loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of completing the finishing of his house and improving its condition, such as installing tiles, installing windows and doors, and painting. Taking this loan will allow Haitham to prepare his house well and get married soon, and then to live in a house in suitable condition with his wife. Haitham is photographed next to his house.

Shukri : Palestine

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:01:58 PDT

$275 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Shukri is a 24-year-old young man. He is employed and earns a low salary, which is not enough to cover all the costs for his wedding preparations. Shukri is engaged and is preparing himself to get married soon, so he is requesting a 2,000 USD youth loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of purchasing necessary home appliances such as a stove, washing machine, and refrigerator. Taking this loan will enable Shukri to prepare well for his wedding and offer to his house suitable and necessary home appliances. Shukri is photographed inside one of the stores that sells home appliances.

Ayed : Palestine

Wed, 02 May 2012 05:10:03 PDT

$175 of $1,600 raised.

Started raising funds on May 2, 2012

Ayed is a twenty-four-year-old young single man. He is a factory employee with a low salary, which is not enough to cover all his costs and needs. Ayed is requesting a USD youth loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of improving the condition of his house. He wants to do work such as painting and installing new doors instead of the old ones. This will improve the conditions in which Ayed lives. Ayed is photographed inside his house.

Shaher : Palestine

Tue, 01 May 2012 08:20:02 PDT

$300 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 1, 2012

Shaher is a forty-five-year-old married man. For the past two years, Shaher has been running a grocery store, which has been a profitable project, but not quite enough to cover all the costs. Shaher is requesting a 1,500 USD loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of purchasing variety of goods and groceries that are often requested by customers such as rice, milk, sugar and cooking oil. This will increase sales and improve the family's income. Shaher is photographed in the picture.

Ahmad : Palestine

Thu, 03 May 2012 13:20:04 PDT

$225 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 3, 2012

Ahmad is a thirty-four-year-old man, he is married and a father of two sons and two daughters. He has been a taxi driver for the past three years, and this is the only source of income to the family. Ahmad wants to make some repairs to his taxi so it will become more efficient on the road. Therefore he is requesting a 1,500 USD loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of repairing and improving the taxi's condition such as: painting, changing lights and mirrors, changing tires. This will increase the taxi's efficiency and enable Ahmad to work extra hours and improve the family's income. Ahmad is photographed next to his taxi.

Yaseen : Palestine

Thu, 03 May 2012 13:30:03 PDT

$250 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 3, 2012

Yaseen is a thirty-five-year-old man, he is married with three sons and two daughters. For the past four years, Yaseen has been driving a taxi, which has been a profitable project and the only source of income for the family, but also not enough to cover all the family's costs and needs. Yaseen is requesting a 2,000 USD loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of insuring and licensing the taxi. This will make the taxi legal to move from one area to another and will enable Yaseen to take more clients from his area and other areas. This will improve the family's income. Yaseen is photographed next to his taxi.

Maram : Palestine

Sat, 05 May 2012 08:10:03 PDT

$100 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 5, 2012

Maram is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband Shafeeq appears in her Kiva profile photo. Maram is a 25-year-old woman. She is married to Shafeeq who works in a local marble factory and earns a low salary, which is not enough to cover all of the family's costs. Maram is requesting a 2,000 USD loan from FATEN to help her cover the costs of purchasing new living room furniture. This will provide Maram and her family with suitable and comfortable living room furniture.

Ahmad : Palestine

Sat, 05 May 2012 09:40:02 PDT

$175 of $1,500 raised.

Started raising funds on May 5, 2012

Ahmad is a 25-year-old young man who is engaged and prepared to get married. He is employed and gets a low salary which is not enough to cover all his wedding expenses. Ahmad is requesting a 1,500 USD loan from FATEN to help cover the costs of purchasing new bedroom furniture and living room seats. Taking this loan will enable Ahmad to prepare well for his wedding and provide his future wife with furniture suitable for comfortable home conditions. Ahmad is appear in the picture.

Fatema : Palestine

Tue, 08 May 2012 08:30:02 PDT

$175 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 8, 2012

Fatema is 30 years old, married, and has four children. Her husband is employed and earns a low salary, which is not enough to cover the family's costs and needs. Fatema is requesting a loan for $2,000 from FATEN, which she will use to help her cover the costs of finishing her house, including installing tiles, windows, and doors. This will improve the house's condition and enable the family to live in it soon. Fatema is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband AbdulRaheem appears in her Kiva profile photo, pictured in the family's new house.

Maher : Palestine

Tue, 08 May 2012 08:30:03 PDT

$75 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 8, 2012

Maher, photographed inside his house, is a 27-year-old young man. He is married and the father of one son and one daughter. He is a taxi driver who earns low income. He also works in the field of electrical connections. This is profitable work but not enough to cover all of his family's needs. Maher is requesting a 2,000 USD loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of finishing his house, such as painting and installing tiles. This will enable Maher to ensure better living conditions for his family.

Shorooq : Palestine

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:40:02 PDT

$100 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 8, 2012

Shorooq is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband Ja'far appears in her Kiva profile photo, pictured inside their house. Shorooq is a 20-year-old woman, married to Ja'far and a mother to one son. Her husband works in a bakery and gets low salary which is not enough to cover all their needs. Shorooq suffers from moisture in her house, so she is requesting a 2,000 USD loan from FATEN to help her cover the costs of purchasing the necessary materials to repair the moisture and purchasing paint for painting the entire house. This will improve the house's condition and offer Shorooq and her family healthy living conditions at home.

Fahmi : Palestine

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:40:02 PDT

$75 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 8, 2012

Fahmi is a 22-year-old young man. He is married and has one son. He is a worker and earns a low salary, which is not enough to cover the family's needs. Fahmi wants to improve his family's living conditions, so he is requesting a loan of 2,000 USD from FATEN to help him cover the costs of purchasing new home furniture such as bedroom furniture for his child and dining room furniture. This will enable Fahmi to improve his house's furniture and his family's living conditions. Fahmi is photographed sitting in his living room inside his house.

Sanaa : Palestine

Wed, 09 May 2012 14:50:02 PDT

$75 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 9, 2012

Sanaa is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband Farid appears in her Kiva profile photo. Sanaa is a 25-year-old young woman. She is married to Farid with no children yet. Her husband is employed in addition to his work in agriculture, but in both he gets a low salary, which is not enough to cover all their needs. Sanaa is requesting a 2,000 USD loan from FATEN to help her cover the costs of purchasing new home furniture, such as living room and dining room furniture. Taking this loan will offer suitable home furniture to Sanaa and her husband and will help to positively improve their living conditions.

Khaled : Palestine

Thu, 10 May 2012 03:30:03 PDT

$150 of $1,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 10, 2012

Khaled is a 27-year-old single man. He is employed and earns a low salary which is not enough to cover all his needs and costs. He wants to improve his living conditions by having comfortable home furniture and suitable home appliances, so he is requesting a 1,000 USD loan from FATEN. This will help him to cover the costs of purchasing new bedroom furniture and necessary home appliances such as a washing machine and refrigerator. This will provide Khaled with better home living conditions. Khaled is photographed in his house.

Younes : Palestine

Thu, 10 May 2012 18:50:03 PDT

$175 of $1,200 raised.

Started raising funds on May 10, 2012

Younes is a 37-year-old man; he is married and a father to five sons. All of them are under 18 years old. Younes is employed and gets a low salary, which is not enough to cover the family's needs, but for the past three years, he has been driving a taxi, which has been a profitable project, but he needs more support to cover the costs. Younes is requesting a 1,200 USD loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of repairing and improving the taxi's condition such as: painting the taxi and changing the engine. This will increase the taxi's efficiency and allow Younes to take more internal and external requests, which will lead to improving the family's income. Younes is photographed next to his taxi.

Tawfiq : Palestine

Thu, 10 May 2012 19:50:03 PDT

$175 of $1,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 10, 2012

Tawfiq is a 44-year-old man. He is married and a father of two sons and one daughter. For the past four years, he has been selling groceries to customers, which has been a profitable project, but he also needs more support to cover the costs and the family's needs. Tawfiq is requesting a 1,000 USD loan from FATEN to help him cover the costs of purchasing a variety of groceries. This will satisfy the customers' needs, which will lead to an increase in sales and will improve his family's income. Tawfiq is pictured in his grocery store.

Enas : Palestine

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:01:39 PDT

$125 of $3,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 15, 2012

Enas is a conservative person who prefers not to have her photo published online, so her husband Alaa appears in her Kiva profile photo. He is pictured next to the taxi he wants to purchase. Enas is a 36-year-old woman. She is married to Alaa and a mother to three sons and two daughters. Her husband is employed and gets a low salary, which is not enough to cover the family's needs. To improve the family's income, for the past six months Enas' husband has been working as a taxi driver. This has been a profitable project, but he needs more support to cover the costs. Enas wants to share with her husband in improving the family's source of income, so she has decided to request a 3,000 USD loan from FATEN to help her husband cover the costs of purchasing the taxi. This will offer to Enas and her family better living conditions as the family's income will increase.