"My name is Sugran and I’ve resided in a city called Kot Radha Kishan for the past 20 years. I’m a 40-year-old married lady and my husband's name is Bashir Ahmad. He is a driver and drives a 32-seat local bus. I’m an uneducated lady but I always place value on education. I am the mother of two kids: one girl and one boy...
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Leluna has owned a small charcoal store in the Ilala neighborhood of Dodoma for five years. She is part of the Kondoa group loan. She currently earns an average monthly profit of $175. Every day she works at her business for 12 hours...
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Petra began her business because she needed extra income to help her husband with family expenses. She started to operate in 1998 selling soft drinks and fried snaks from her home. Now she has a larger and better stocked store...
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Khursheed baji is the wife of Mahtab ali. She has been a resident of Lahore, Pakistan for the last 15 years. She is an uneducated lady because her father had little financial resources. Khursheed baji’s husband is a painter and sells paint. Khurhsheed baji has no kids so she mostly spends her time sewing clothes...
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Shahnaz akhtar baji is a 52-year-old married lady and a citizen of Lahore, Pakistan for the last 21 years. Shahnaz baji is the wife of Riaz hussain who is a carpenter by profession. Shahanz baji is the mother of four kids: two daughters and two sons. Her sons are painters and paint houses and windows...
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Rani baji is a 39-year-old lady and a citizen of Lahore, Pakistan for the last 22 years. Rani baji’s husband is Nazir hussain. He manufactures car seats and sells them in the market to earn a profit. Rani baji is the mother of one son whose name is Waqas. He is involved in his father’s business...
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Kishwar baji is a 25-year-old married woman who lives in Lahore, Pakistan. Kishwar baji’s husband, Mubarak Ali, has been selling construction supplies for the past 10 years. Kishwar baji is the mother of four children, two sons and two daughters, who are all enrolled in school. Kishwar baji sells bed sheets to her neighbors...
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Mukhtaran baji, the wife of Malik M. Ramzan, has lived in Lahore, Pakistan for the past 30 years. Mukhtaran baji is the mother of three sons, all of whom work in a factory for a monthly wage. Mukhtaran baji sews clothes. She charges $2 per dress. Her husband has operated a scrap business for the past 10 years...
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Soima is 39 years old, married, and is raising 4 children. Her husband is working in Russia, as are many from her town. He sends home money to support the family, but the children are growing and to cover all the expenses Soima has a small business - selling children's clothing and shoes...
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Ortikboy is a 49 year old man, the father of six children, and a home construction specialist. Ortikboy is the leader of a construction team, and his wife works on a collective farm. He also raises and sells livestock on the side...
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Rubina Iqbal baji is 43 years old and a married lady and citizen of a city named Lahore, Pakistan for the past 10 years. Her husband's name is Raza Yousaf and he drives a local 32-seat bus. Rubina baji is the mother of one son whose name is Mosa Raza and he reads in 4th standard. Rubina baji runs a beauty salon in her house...
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Shama begum baji is 35 years old, a married lady and a citizen of a city named Lahore, Pakistan for the past 20 years. Shama baji is married to a man whose name is M. Humayun and he is a ticket checker in the railway. Shama baji is the mother of three kids: two sons and one daughter...
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Razia baji is a 39 year old married lady and citizen of Lahore, Pakistan for the past 40 years. Razia baji married a M. Ilyas, who drives an auto-rickshaw (a local three-wheeled motor vehicle) and has 5 years of experience. Razia baji has six children: three sons and three daughters...
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Parveen akhtar baji is a forty-seven-year-old married lady and has been a citizen of Lahore, in Pakistan, for the last ten years. Parveen baji’s husband, M. Khalid, has been in the scrap business for the past six years. Parveen baji is the mother of four children - three sons and one daughter. Her sons are involved in their father’s scrap business...
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Tasleem baji is a forty-nine-year-old married lady and has been a citizen of Lahore, in Pakistan, for the last twenty-one years. Tasleem baji is married to a man named M. Mansha who is a watchman at a local school earning a monthly wage. His earnings are very little which forced Tasleem baji to find work, so she operates a sewing business...
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Bushra razaq baji is a 36-year-old married lady and a citizen of a city named Lahore in Pakistan for the past 14 years. Her husband, Razaq ahmad, has been an auto-rickshaw (a local three-wheeled motor vehicle) driver for the past five years. Bushra baji is the mother of five kids: three sons and two daughters...
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Kosar bano baji is a 29 year old married lady who has lived Lahore, Pakistan for the past 28 years. Kosar baji is married to M. Nadeem, who has a decorative embroidery business. He prepares embroidered dresses and sells them at the clothing markets. Kosar baji is the mother of three children: two sons and one daughter...
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"My name is Akhtar and I have resided in a city named Lahore, Pakistan for the past 10 years. My husband's name is M. Riaz and he is involved in a catering business. He has been doing this work for the past 5 years. I am the mother of one son who helps his father in his catering business...
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"My name is Rasoolan and I’m 45 years old and married. I have resided in a city named Lahore, Pakistan for the past 10 years. I am married to a man whose name is M. Iqbal and he is a ticket checker in the railway. I have two kids: one son and one daughter. My son manufactures plastic bags...
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Bahtier is 33 years old, married and has three children. All his life he had many different businesses, but today he has chosen to continue selling used vehicles. This gives a steady income for his family. His wife does not work anywhere and Bahtier carries the sole responsibility of household expenses...
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Armandina and her husband work in a border assembly plant, Armandina as an operator and her husband as a mechanic. They have 2 children who study, one in elementary school and the other in high school...
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Safia Begum baji is a 41-year-old married lady and a citizen of a city called Kot Radha Kishan for the past 15 years. She completed her education up to 5th standard. Her husband's name is Shafiq Akram and he is a fruit seller by profession. He has been selling fruit for the past 10 years...
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Zubaida baji has been a citizen of a city called Kot Radha Kishan for the past 15 years. Kot Radha Kishan is famous for its livestock because mostly people work in this business to support their families. Zubaida baji is married to a man whose name is M. Abdullah and he is involved in a dairy business...
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Razia baji is married to a man whose name is Ghulam Ahmad and he has a dairy business. He has been in this business for the past 15 years. Razia baji is the mother of four kids: two sons and two daughters. Her elder son is also involved with his father’s dairy business...
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Vumilia has owned a mini-shop (kiosk) in the Sakina neighborhood of Arusha for 4 years. She currently earns an average monthly profit of US$ 90. Every day she works at her business from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. She is requesting her first loan from BRAC Tanzania so that she can buy more items for her business...
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Kenja Tillobaev is forty-four years old, married and has three children. Kenja is a master tiler. His wife works at the Ministry of Emergency Management. Kenja needs this loan to finance a renovation of his big house. Kenja turned to Microinvest for help on recommendation of his neighbor, an old Microinvest client...
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Khursheed begum baji is a 48 year old married lady who has lived in Pakpattan, Pakistan for the past 15 years. Pakpattan city is famous for its shrine places, which people visit to make wishes. Her husband's name is Niaz ahmad who is a daily wage laborer. She is the mother of one son who works in a factory...
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Parveen baji is a 43-year-old married lady and has resided in a city called Borewala, Pakistan for the past 25 years. Her husband's name is Rahmat Masih and he is a driver by profession. Parveen baji is the mother of two kids: one son and one daughter. Her son works in a factory for a monthly wage...
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Naseem akhtar baji is a 53 year old married lady who has lived in Pakpattan, Pakistan for the past 15 years. Pakpattan city is famous for its shrine places. People come to this city to visit the shrine places to make wishes. Her husband's name is M. Din, who has been a ticket checker for the Railway for the past 30 years...
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Rukhsana baji is the mother of one daughter who is just 1 year old. Rukhsana baji stays at home and sews clothes for her neighbors. She does this work to help her husband to renovate the house. She feels proud to share some effort with her husband. She has completed two loans from Asasah (a micro-finance institute in Pakistan)...
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Shamim baji also helps him in his wood-selling work. They divide the work hours between themselves. Shamim baji sells wood in the shop in the morning and her husband sells wood in the evening. Shamim baji is the mother of two sons. Her elder son runs a salon and the other has a mobile phone shop...
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Ghulam Fatima baji is a 40 year old married lady, and a citizen of a city named Arifwala, Pakistan for the past 15 years. Her husband's name is M. Idress who has a utensils selling business, which he has done for the past 20 years. Ghulam Fatima baji helps her husband by selling utensils in the community...
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Irshad baji is a 42-year-old married lady and has been a citizen of an area of the city of Lahore called Ismail Nagar, Pakistan for 20 years. She is an uneducated lady but lives with a dream to give her children a better future...
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She has a plan to build a wooden roof over the patio of her home. To accomplish this, she is asking for a loan to buy the building materials and pay for the labour...
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This village bank, which consists of thirteen members, is located in Srae Spey Village in Kampong Cham Province. The members plan to use the loan which they obtained for different purposes. Mrs. Ren Ban is the village bank president who has been selected by the members...
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The village bank loan, which consists of seventeen people, is located in Tep Archun village in Kandal province, and all the members will use the loan for different purposes. Mrs. Mom Moa is the village bank president. She is a vegetable seller in the local market. Aside from this business, she is a farmer who cultivates rice on a 1-hectar field...
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The village bank loan, which consists of twenty-four members, is located in Preak Traeng village in Kandal Province. Mrs. Malen Phoung is a village bank president who has been selected by the members. She and her husband, Mr. Song Sun, are vegetable farmers who own a hectar to cultivate rice to earn a living...
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Eight people living in Ta Reab Doun Sar village in Kandal province comprise this village bank loan group. Mrs. Makara Shum, the 31- year-old village bank president, is a farmer who cultivates vegetables. She now faces a problem because she does not have enough money to rent a pond in which to grow lotus...
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Mrs. Srey Mom Soeun is the village bank president. She was selected by the members. She is a pig breeder. Since her breeding pigs business is going well, she wants to expand by purchasing more piglets for breeding. She hopes to increase her income and provide a better life for her family...
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Mrs. Sam Ann Yem, the 37-year-old village bank president, is a farmer who owns a plot of land to cultivate rice. On this plantation, she faces a problem because she does not have enough money to hire laborers to harvest rice on her field. She has decided to ask for a loan for this purpose...
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Thirty-one people, living in Tuol Khsach village in Kampong Cham province, comprise this village bank loan, and they will use the loan for various purposes. Mrs. Leang Srou, the 49-year-old village bank president, is a farmer who owns a piece of land to cultivate rice. Aside from this plantation, she is a grocer who owns a small grocery store in the local village...
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Sixteen people living in Krang Thmei village in Kandal province comprise this village bank loan, and they will use the loan for various purposes. Mr. Leay Soun is the 66- year-old village bank president. He and his wife, Mrs. Vang Mao, are farmers who own 1.5-hectare field of land to cultivate rice...
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Mr. Trang Nheb lives in Thmor Kor village, in Kandal province. He and his wife, Mrs. Keo Srey are farmers who own a small piece of land to cultivate vegetables. With this land, they face an obstacle. They do not have enough money to grow mangoes...
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Eleven people in Boeng Tras village, in Kampong Cham province, have formed a village bank loan group and Mrs. Navy Bun is the village bank president. She owns a small restaurant where she sells rice soup as a breakfast food to the villagers. Her husband, Mr. Kul Saroeun, is a fisherman who catches a small quantity of fish to support the family...
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Twenty-seven people who live in the Angkrang Village in the Kampong Cham Province form this village bank loan and all the members will use the loan which they obtained for different purposes. Mrs. Touch Raoth is the village bank president who has been selected by the members. She is a fruit seller in the local market...
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Señora Marcelina is a member of the communal bank, "Mujeres de Villa Del Lago II" in the district, province, and department of Puno. She is 46, married, and has two children who are her dependents. With her first loan of 500 nuevos soles, she purchased garlic to sell wholesale. She has worked with the communal bank for almost 5 years...
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Antonia Armendariz Guerra is single and she works as a housekeeper in a private home. She has been working there for more than 6 years and it provides her with good earnings, which are very helpful in keeping up with the household expenses...
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Ragheb is a 24-year-old young man who owns a small car body paint shop in Babilia, Southern Lebanon. He has been serving his small community since 2004, and has found an opportunity to expand his business into other areas. In order to fulfill his project and to fix more cars in his garage, Ragheb needs to buy new tools...
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Zavkiddin Todjidinovich Ismoilov was born in 1984, he is married and has one child. His family lives in Dushanbe in the Sino region. He has high education. Zavkiddin began his business career four years ago by selling mobile phones. Later after acquiring some experience and capital he rented a dealer center to sell phone cards...
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This village bank which consists of eighteen members is located in Kdey Thnot village in Kampong Chhnang province and they plan to use the loan which they have obtained for different purposes. Mr. Bunthoeurn Am is the village bank president who has been selected by the members...
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