We loan because...
Kiva helps us learn more about the world we live in and celebrate the wondrous diversity and stories of the people who make it up.

About us
This team got its start as a result of two Kiva borrowers: Abdusattor drove a car for a living, but he wanted a loan so that he could begin selling watermelons; meanwhile, Mirmahmud sold watermelon in a café, but he wanted a loan so that he could purchase a car for his business. When these two Tajikistani loans posted to Kiva on the same day, we knew that we had to get them together!

Sometimes, things that at first seem not to go together at all turn out, upon further consideration, to go together quite well. It turns out that cars and watermelons go together in ways we never would have imagined.

In the developing world, entrepreneurs sometimes wind up in unlikely professions or combining businesses that we might not ordinarily expect to go together. Through such immprobable business combinations, these entrepreneuers have found ways to be successful by filling the unique needs of their communities. This team celebrates all of the wonderful and unlikely enterprises and pairings of enterprises that Kiva borrowers are involved in. Of course, we have a special soft spot for "watermelon+car" loans. Also, we like alliteration.
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More details about our first two borrowers can be found by following the links below. Both loans came down to the wire, within hours of expiring, but we're thrilled that ultimately both were fully funded.
Abdusattor: www.kiva.org/lend/456025
Mirmahmud: www.kiva.org/lend/455461
Many members of this team are also members of the Late Loaning Lenders team. You can find out more about that team here: www.kiva.org/team/late_loaning_lenders

[Images of wheeled watermelons adapted from foodstylin.com/gallery.asp?gal=6&tp=img&id=66 & www.offbeatearth.com/watermelon-car/]