Born around 1970 in Sakété in Plateau Province in the south-east of Benin, Mrs. Alice Elegbede is married and the mother of three children. Wife of Nestor Adousiba, she works in ambulant sales. Having already been granted a starter loan and a business reinforcement loan, she has just requested her third loan to further develop her business...
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Muminboi is a married man and has 4 kids. He is a craftsman and makes traditional baskets out of twigs. His wife also helps him in making baskets. They collect twigs in fields all the time and then all together they make baskets. He also teaches his kids the secrets of his mastership...
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Bahati has been selling charcoal in the Jang'ombe neighborhood of Zanzibar for two years. She is requesting her first loan from BRAC Tanzania so that she may increase her inventory and expand her business. With an increase in profits, Bahati intends to reinvest in her business so that it may continue to grow...
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Born around 1973 in Sakété in the Plateau Province in the south of Benin, Mrs. Arilowé Affoussatou is married and the mother of two children. Married to Razack Babalola, she travels to Lomé to buy the articles she distributes to her clients, before selling whatever is left over retail...
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Aziza owns a small business in the Jang'ombe neighborhood of Zanzibar. She is requesting her first loan from BRAC Tanzania so that she can buy more inventory for her shop to help her increase her profit...
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Asha has been selling clothes in the Jang'ombe neighborhood of Zanzibar for seven years. She has previously taken two microloans from BRAC Tanzania, both of which she repaid successfully and on time. With this third loan she hopes to further grow her inventory and increase her profit beyond her current approximate monthly profit of $50...
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Abdul Latif Atanga, a 35-year-old dealer in mobile phones and accessories, is single with one child who is currently in school. Also a provider of repairs and servicing for his customers, Abdul says that the sale of mobile phones has become a very lucrative business in Ghana because almost every Ghanaian desires one for easy and fast communication...
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Mr. Kry Thai lives in Ampil Village in Kandal Province and he cultivates both rice and vegetables. In this business, he now has an obstacle because the soil in his field is infertile and it affects his crop. To solve this problem, Mr. Kry Thai is requesting a loan to buy fertilizer to support his field to make his crop more productive...
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Namuleme Immaculate is a widow of 53 years of age who cares for 7 children and 4 grandchildren. She is a businesswoman with a bar at her home selling local brew of two kinds (waragi and kwete) that she makes herself. On top of this, she also sells beer and wines since variety brings in more income...
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Abbas is a 38-year-old man. He lives in small village near Nabatieh with his wife and 4 children. He owns a small shop for selling housewares such as plastic storage containers, utensils, and baking sheets. Abbas wants to purchase a more diverse array of products and has requested a $1000 loan from Al Majmoua for this purpose...
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The loaning bank named "Virgen de Fatima" is located in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and is asking for its second cycle of loans. Funded on 12 June 2008 by the initiative of a group of singlewomen, the group is composed of 16 people including Ms Delicia Vaca Moreno as president, Ruth Negri Rodriguez Abariojo as treasurer and Asunta Gil Vaca as secretary...
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The "Inca Sevillanos" community bank was founded in September 2005 and is currently in its third loan cycle. It is made up of 12 members — eight women, four men — from Accha, Peru, about three hours from the city of Cusco. The female members are hard-working country women dedicate primarily to farming (cultivating corn, potatoes and beans) and raising livestock (cattle, sheep)...
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Azimov Kobil is 32 years old. He is married with three children. He is a small entrepreneur who sells different kinds of foodstuff and detergents in his store. His store is very famous in his community thus allowing him to have a good clientele. Currently Kobil has about 7000 Somoni (2050 USD) in inventory and his monthly net profit is about $ 300-400...
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"La Amistad" is a large group of men and women receiving loans. This particular loan is going to 15 of the group members. This group is a great example of the success that microcredit can bring. The members of this group are looking for their seventh or eighth loans, and all have had a taste of success. Each member started out with virtually nothing, but now each has a small business and great hope for the future...
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Mónica, a member of “El Abiseo” Community Bank, lives in the Juanjui district of Mariscal Cáceres province in the San Martín region. She is 29 years old and lives with her husband and two young children. She has a well-equipped internet café located at C-05 Triunfo Lane, in the home of her in-laws...
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Rosmery lives in her father's house in Puerto Hilo street in the area of Tupac Katari of the city of La Paz. She is 19 years old and she sells panned and baked chickens called "spiedo" and "broaster" in a small restaurant located in the city of El Alto. With this activity she covers her food and clothing needs...
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Ilda Carolina Manjate is from Manhiça, a northern district of Maputo province. She is 44 years old, married, and mother of four children, aged 26, 22, 20, and 15. Besides her children, she supports a granddaughter that lives with her. Ilda studied until sixth grade and didn't continue, because of lack of finances...
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Juan is 44 years old, separated and has two children that live with his mother. He supports them by contributing to cover their monthly expenses. His only job has been in agriculture. When he was a child he worked in the potato fields. When he met the woman who would become his wife he went to the jungle to change his work routine from that of the farm...
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Julia is 53 years old, divorced and lives in the company of three of her four children. She gets up very early at 5:00 a.m., prepares food for her children and then around 10:00 goes to her farm to tend to her coffee and cacao plants. Julia likes working with her crops very much because it is relaxing...
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Salimatou Ndiaye is 20 years old, married, has 2 children in her care, and has been a member of the village loan group of Sinthiang Coundara for 5 and a half years. Her business consists of buying peanuts, which she shells and transforms into peanut paste for sale. She would like to strengthen her business...
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Manuel is 58 years old and is married with 3 children - who are the joy of his life. From the time he was very young, the main business of his family was agriculture. Now, since one year ago, he has been in the business of processing green bananas to ripen them faster. Every morning, very early, he goes to buy green bananas...
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Esperanza is a member of the Solidaridad (“Solidarity”) Village Bank. She is 53 years old, married and has seven children. She sells children’s clothing on Mondays in the Nazareñas Market, both in bulk and individually. On Sundays and Wednesdays she travels to the city of San Miguel to sell. She also has a small workshop in her home from which she sews clothing to sell at the markets...
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Janet is 38 years old and lives with her partner and their two daughters, Catiuska and Zait, respectively 13 and 4 years old. Janet is a street vendor and since five years she sells clothes in the city of Puno. She started selling clothes when she finished junior high school because she could not continue attending school...
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This village bank loan which consists of twelve people is located in Ta Reab Doun Sar village in Kandal Province. Mrs. Reaksmey Sar is the village bank president who has been selected by the members. She is a 43 year old housewife and the mother of four children, all of whom are attending the local school...
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This village bank consisting of sixteen people is located in Kandal Kraom village in Kandal Province. Mrs. Oun Chhoen has been selected by the members as the village bank president. She and her husband, Mr. Ly Chhon, are farmers who have a 1-hectar plot of land on which they cultivate rice to earn a living. They have three children...
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Victoria is 23 years old. She lives in her parents' house with her sister. "Beauty costs" is Victoria's motto. She sells beauty products, which she began 6 months ago, driven by her desire to help people see themselves better. She thinks that all women are beautiful, but her beauty products bring out even more beauty, increasing self esteem...
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Sulpicia is a member of the Banco Comunal Claveles. Sulpicia is a 53-year-old married mother of three children. She sells food at a place called five corners in the center of the city. She has been selling food for many years. Her speciality is anticuchos (a quechuan skewered meat prepared in a base of the animal's heart) and rachi (a grilled beef tripe prepared with the animal's intestines)...
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Maximo has two children who are 5 and 3 years old. His wife helps him around the house and also helps him to sell hamburgers at his business. Maximo works at Imabol, a Bolivian timber company. He has worked there for many years and he is well known for his work and his responsibility...
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Mr. Castillo Leyva is a small agricultural producer with one school-aged child. Together with his family, and through his own efforts, he cultivates four months of rice to which he dedicates himself wholly. He counts on his son’s help who, after attending school, participates in the labor with his father and in this way collaborates in the support of the family...
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Mr. Sandoval Urbina lives in the San Nicolas community along with his family, and through much effort he dedicates himself to the production of four months of rice. He tends to his crop himself, along with the help of one brother who lives with him. One of his biggest problems is the threshing of his product and...
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Nazlum is 57 years old and the mother of four children. She lives in the Khirdalan settlement. Ten years ago she started her cleaning business. She would like a loan of 970 AZN to help improve her business...
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Wilmer is 27 years old, married, with two children ages 6 and 10 who study in the Laureles Sur neighborhood primary school. For six years Wilmer has sold optical contracts with his wife. He initially worked with his sister, who started him in this business and encouraged him to become independent and generate his own earnings...
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