Status update - November 24, 2020

Since the start of 2019, Visible Clothing has been facing financial and operational problems mainly linked to increasing competition, a complex in-country bureaucracy system and the difficulty to source qualified talent. The Covid-19 pandemic added another level of difficulty with travel bans in place and the inability to ship some of the merchandise. The clothing sector has been hit hard by the pandemic. The company was trying to raise additional capital from donors to keep their staff on payroll but unfortunately decided to liquidate the business in June 2020. Because prospects for loan recovery are minimal, we are defaulting this loan. Please know that even in cases of non-repayment, your loans are still helping make a difference in the lives of borrowers around the globe, and with your support you're giving people an opportunity to pursue better lives.

There is no Lending Partner for this loan. It is part of the Direct to Social Enterprise program. For more details on DSE, please click here. For more details on the borrower, please refer to their loan profile.

Repayment Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Start Date On Kiva May 17, 2018 Oct 12, 2005
Total Loans $35,000 $2,056,238,590
Amount of raised Inactive loans $0 $277,355
Number of raised Inactive loans 0 253
Amount of Paying Back Loans $0 $158,100,775
Number of Paying Back Loans 0 187,973
Amount of Ended Loans $35,000 $1,854,343,460
Number of Ended Loans 1 2,501,455
Delinquency Rate N/A 12.27%
Amount in Arrears N/A $11,965,982
Outstanding Portfolio N/A $97,560,700
Number of Loans Delinquent N/A 63,552
Default Rate N/A 1.84%
Amount of Ended Loans Defaulted N/A $34,038,827
Number of Ended Loans Defaulted N/A 91,258
Currency Exchange Loss Rate N/A 0.47%
Amount of Currency Exchange Loss N/A $12,742,203
Refund Rate 0.00% 0.55%
Amount of Refunded Loans $0 $11,261,520
Number of Refunded Loans 0 9,866

Loan Characteristics On Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Loans to Women Borrowers 0.00% 78.49%
Average Loan Size $35,000 $393
Average Individual Loan Size $35,000 $585
Average Group Loan Size $0 $1,913
Average number of borrowers per group 0 8.3
Average GDP per capita (PPP) in local country $4,000 $5,592
Average Loan Size / GDP per capita (PPP) 875.00% 7.03%
Average Time to Fund a Loan 11.76 days 9.13 days
Average Dollars Raised Per Day Per Loan $2,976.33 $43.04
  Average Loan Term 13 months 11.5 months

Journaling Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Total Journals 16 1,224,773
  Journaling Rate 100.00% 41.91%
  Average Number of Comments Per Journal 0.00 0.02
  Average Number of Recommendations Per Journal 0.00 0.55

Borrowing Cost Comparison (based on 2009 data)

    This Lending Partner Median for MFI's in Country All Kiva Partners
  Average Cost to Borrower N/A N/A 26.61% PY
  Profitability (return on assets) 9.3% N/A -1.37%
  Average Loan Size (% of per capita income) N/A N/A 0.00%

Country Fast Facts

Lending Partner Staff