Rahim Ashurov, was born in 1961, he is married and has 5 children. Rahim has an unusual business, he makes and sells “Nos” (traditional tobacco). He inherited this business from his parents. Rahim’s products are always in demand, since local residents use his product just like they would smoke cigarettes...

Shuhrat Kholov was born in 1972, he is married and has 3 children. He started his business by selling bread. Shuhrat has been in business for 5 years now. Today he sells ethnic products and food products at the Gissar farmer’s market...

Mahmadnabi Durmanov was born in 1964 and has four dependents. He started his business by selling rice. He has been in this business for seven years. Now, Mahmadnabi carries a wide assortment of legumes, such as rice, peas, soy, mung beans, sesame seeds, and buckwheat. Rice is a dietary staple in Tajikistan; people make plov...

Mohira Zoidova is married and has two small children. When she realized that her husband needed help feeding and housing their family, she began selling men's clothes and shoes at a local market. One each week, Mohira purchases goods from another city at wholesale prices and sells them at retail prices to her clients...

Komiljon Muminov is married and has two children. As the chief of his family, Komiljon is responsible for feeding his wife and children, and therefore started a business selling men's clothes. He purchases the goods from another city twice each week and resells them in the market near his house...

Nazira Habibova has one daughter and works as a hairstylist. However, she is qualified to be teacher but found that she couldn't earn enough teaching high school students. After taking lessons in hairstyling four years ago, she began renting a small stall and repaired the equipment herself...

Inom Berdiev is 46 years old and a father of four children. For many years he has built doors and windows, which he sells either directly to clients or at the market near his home. Because he always charges fair prices but builds high quality windows and doors, he has maintained a steady relationship with all of his clients...

Munira Tuichieva is married and has four children. Together with her husband, she makes bread in her house and sells it at the local market. Because they use good ingredients, their bread has become very popular in their region and they have many cients. But the increasing price of flour and other ingredients has made it difficult for them to market their bread at prices that satisfy their customers...

Karima is married and has three children. In order to support her family, she travels over 150 miles each week to purchase shoes in bulk, which she resells in the market near her home at retail prices. Although the distance is not too far, the roads are very bad and it takes two days to pick up the shoes and return back to her town...

Sarvar Kamolova is married and has two children. She helps to support her family by selling clothes, which she purchases from another city and resells in the market near her home. Although her supplier is not too far away, roads are very bad and it is difficult for her to travel each week. In order to purchase greater quantities of goods at a time and thereby save travel expenses and time, Sarvar is requesting a loan of $1050...

Halim Dadojonov is married and has three children. While his wife works as a teacher at the local high school, Halim raises livestock and sells them for a profit. He currently has two cows, and is hoping to fatten them through the winter and resell them in the spring. In order to purchase the necessary forage and hay for his cows and further expand his business, Halim is requesting a loan of $1200...

Miumwa is 38 years old, married, and has two children. Miumwa has been preparing and selling food in Zanzibar for 5 years. She is able to earn approximately $175 each month. She is now seeking her first loan from BRAC Tanzania so that she can buy more ingredients and increase her sales and profit...

Zulayho Orziqulova was born in 1949 and has 3 dependents. She started her business by selling bread. She had been in this business for ten years. Now Zulayho trades in Gissar’s central market. She sells a wide variety of confections such as ginger cakes, rolls, choux pastry, cakes, and cookies. She also sells a variety of candies and sugars...

Rahmonjon Orifov is married and has eight children. He lives with his entire family, as well as his parents, on a one-hectare property where he grows wheat and hay for his cattle. Since he was very young, Rahmonjon has loved livestock and worked as a herder. In order to expand his business he is requesting a loan of $1200, which will be used to purchase more forage and hay for his cattle...

Time, the mother of four children aged 1, 15, 20 and 24, sells a wide variety of products at her small shop, the most popular being fish, charcoal, and small snacks. She has been in business in Zanzibar for four years and currently earns a profit of approximately $80 each month. Now, Time is requesting her first loan from BRAC Tanzania so that she can add more inventory and increase her sales and profits...

Three years ago Bernarda began her business because in the neighborhood where her neighbors and friends live, they sell one product or another, so she decided to sell perfume and in this way she would be able to help her husband with the expenses and have time to take care of her son because when he was born she had to leave her job to take care of him...

Fatou Kiné SANE has a business in Belfort on the grand boulevard 54M. She sells diverse merchandise (clothing, Orange cell phone cards, perfume, etc.). She is requesting a loan to bolster her stock of merchandise...

Aracely's occupation is the sale of beauty products through a catalogue. She started her business four years ago but it has only been three years that she has been a direct vendor. Her goal is to be the director of sales but she needs to first recommend a number of people before she can make that happen. She has been working tirelessly to achieve her goal...

make her own way and create a better life for her young daughters and give them good educations. It helped that she's an independent person and capable of taking care of her family herself. Blanca, 24, makes a living as a merchant. She says that she began with 500 pesos that she pulled together with great effort and invested in selling a variety of products such as plastic knick-knacks, notions and toys in the region's temporary markets...

Dorila is 51 years old and is a member of the Desarrollo y Progreso (Development and Progress) Microfinance Institute. She lives in Jr. 20 de Enero, in the Caraz district of the Huaylas province in the department of Ancash. She has been selling food from her home with the help of her husband and three children for over 3 years. She offers her meals to her patrons everyday...

Elizabeth is 34 years old, and mother of two underage children. She is a member of the "Mujeres Luchadoras" (Fighting Women) Communal Bank, and she lives in Jr. Pomabanda, district and province of Yungay, department of Ancash. She owns a general store, which is located in the market at the fairgrounds of the province of Yungay...

Mrs. Kin Khut, 26, buys rice and sells it for profit, earning around $5 per day. She is married to Mr. Kol Kung, 33, who has business of providing rechargeable battery services, earning around $3 per day. She has three children, all of whom are small. The family lives in Kroyea Commune, Kampong Thom Province...

A married mother of one daughter, Angela Irina works in one of the local marketplaces in Zaporozhye called “Yubileinyi.” She sells men’s shirts and ties. Irina has been in this trade for 10 years. She has gained rich experience dealing with customers, suppliers, and competitors. Presently, Irina has about 8000 Grivnas in merchandise...

Mariya is married. She is a small retail store owner who lives and works in her home town of Khoost. Mariya’s business is the only venture offering such a selection of goods for sale in that neighborhood. Mariya’s store has been in business for 6 years. Her net profit is about 5000 Grivnas now...

Alla is a married mom of two kids. She runs a business selling bags and purses in the local bus station. Alla is very active and energetic. She started this trade four years ago. Currently, she has about $10,000 in inventory. Her gross income is about $3,000. Most of it covers tax withholdings, vending kiosk rent and other government fees...

Orifdjon Azizov was born in 1982, he is married. He started his business selling household products and he has seven years of experience. He sells on the Muboriz market of the Gissar region. His assortment includes items such as electrical ovens (grills), electrical stove, lamps and buckets as wells as different types of pots...

Mrs. Pho Korn was born in 1947 and lives in Teok Nem village in Kandal Province. She is a farmer and her husband, Mr. Vet Voeun, is a motorbike driver. They are the parents of two children who are both garment workers. Even though Pho and her husband both work they still earn a very low combined income...

Mr. Mov Thol is a villager in Traeuy Troeng Village in Kandal Province. He is a construction worker who earns a small income to support his household. His wife, Mrs. Eang Srey, owns a piece of land where she cultivates rice. In this plantation, she faces an obstacle because her field is infertile, which has a bad effect on her crop. Her husband decided to ask for a loan to buy fertilizers and pesticides to support her land to produce a better crop...

Mrs. Lim Sreang is a villager in Kor Ky village in Kampong Cham Province. She is a 33-year-old widow with two children, one of whom is a laborer in a rubber field and the other one is attending the local school. She owns a plot of land to cultivate rice. She faces a small problem to her production in the field...

Mrs. Chhorvy Veng, 30, is a grocery seller working from her house in the Roung Kou Village, Kompong Cham Province, and earning around $5 per day. Normally, Chhorvy buys groceries from her suppliers in town and sells to customers in her village. She has only one son, who is a student in primary school. Her husband, Mr. Houy Khun, 35, is a rice farmer and earns about $2 per day...

Mrs. Phat Sokhom is 26 years old and single. She now lives in Pour Tamok Village in Takeo Province. She is a duck breeder. Since this business is going well, she wants to expand it, so she decided to ask for a loan to buy more ducks for breeding. She hopes to increase her income and improve her living conditions with this new loan...

Azizan baji is the wife of Zakir Ali and lives in a small place named Kot Radha Kishan of the city Kasur, Pakistan. Kot Radha Kishan is 40 kilometers from Kasur. She has been living in this place for the last 20 years. She is the mother of three children: one son and two daughters. Her son is in 10th standard and her daughters are in 8th standard...

For almost five years now, Mizhgona has been in her business. Everyday, she services many brides. In general, she offers bride dresses, manicures, pedicures, make-up, and hair styles. Her salon is always full of clients because she does her job professionally. She wants to take out a loan to extend her business. She wants to buy additional equipment and hire an employee...

Fayzidin Sharipov was born in 1983, he is married and has three children. He started his business selling food and produce. He has eight years of experience in this field. By saving some capital, Fayzidin has bought his own store and remodeled it as a convenience store. In his assortment there are all kinds of necessary products such as flour, vegetable oil, sugar, candy, baked goods and sweets...

Rani Baji is married to Mr. Khalil and lives in a small town called Kot Radha Kishan, loacted near the city of Kasur, Pakistan. Rani Baji owns a two-room brick house, in which she has been living for the last 10 years. She has three children: two sons and a daughter. None of her children go to school. Rani Baji’s husband runs a milk-sales business...

Ameena baji is the widow of M.Ashiq and lives in a small place named Kot Radha Kishan of the city Kasur, Pakistan. Kot Radha Kishan is 40 km from Kasur. She has been living in this place for the last 32 years. She is the mother of four sons. Her first two sons are daily wage laborers. Her younger son buys goats for reselling...

Born on June 2, 1980 in Parakou in Borgou Province in the north of Benin, Mrs. Blandine Adandedjan is a citizen of Benin and married to Mr. Paulin Davinon. She is raising two children, Marius and Bernice, aged 7 and 4 respectively...

Mrs. Chroek Mom is a villager in Tuol Kandal Cheing Village in Kampong Cham Province. She is a housewife who cooks delicious food for her household. Her husband, Mr. Phon Phoeurn, is a motorbike taxi driver. In this business, he now faces a small problem because his motorbike is too old and he spends much money on gasoline to support his old motorbike...

Mrs. Chroek Kea is a clothes seller in Tuol Kandal Cheing Village in Kampong Cham Province. Since her business is going well, she wants to expand it, so she is requesting a loan to buy more fashion clothes to resell. Mrs. Chroek Kea is a 36-year-old widow with three children who are all attending the local school...

Mrs. Sao Sorn was born in 1954 and she now lives in Boeng Village in Kampong Cham Province. She is a farmer who currently owns 2 hectares for cultivating rice. In this plantation, she faces a small problem because she does not have enough money to buy rice seeds to plant. Thus, she decided to ask for a loan for this purpose and she will use the rest of the loan to buy fertilizers to support her crop...

Mrs. Sao Sorn was born in 1954 and she now lives in Boeng Village in Kampong Cham Province. She is a farmer who currently owns 2 hectares for cultivating rice. In this plantation, she faces a small problem because she does not have enough money to buy rice seeds to plant. Thus, she decided to ask for a loan for this purpose and she will use the rest of the loan to buy fertilizers to support her crop...

Mrs. Moung Sroun is a villager in Steung Ping village in Kampong Cham Province. She and her husband, Mr. Chin Chea, are farmers who cultivate both rice and vegetables. With their revenue, they can purchase very little because they own only a small plot of land. Mrs. Moung Sroun is 53 years old and the mother of five children; two of whom are farmers, another one is a laborer, and the other two are attending the local school...

Ajara Mohammed is married and has two children who have completed school. She lives with her family at Obuasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana. She is 50 years old. She is involved in the sale of clothing and lace materials, and she has been selling through hawking for the past ten years. She is constrained by funds to run the business...

Maisara is a widow with two kids still living with her. She cooks very well. So she decided start her own business related to cooking. Also, this way she could support her family. She prepares sambusa – national dumplings. She has many customers but doesn’t have enough money to expand her business...

Mr. Arn Kean is a 38-year-old motorcycle taxi driver, who supplements his income by raising pigs from his house in the Ti Brammuoy Village, Kompong Cham Province. He earns around $3 per day. His wife, Mrs. Keo Chanthy, is a 33-year-old cleaner at the Mettapheap Hotel in the Kompong Cham Province. She earns around $1.66 per day...

Zinllahbodin, an educated and married man, has worked in agriculture for more than 10 years. With plenty of land available for cultivation, this hard-working man is requesting a loan to complete his stock and buy more seeds and ready his land for cultivation. Zinllahbodin is striving for success as a farmer to support his family and help build a better future for his children...

Dilshod paints houses and walls in his town. He started as a student and has now become a master painter. He has become independent by starting his own business and now has his own clients. He is married and has one child...

Badriddin lives with his elderly parents and he isn’t married yet. He likes livestock very much. He has 2 cows for fattening for his business, which is how he supports his family. He used his money to buy those cows and now needs to buy forage and hay for them to feed them in the winter season. He asks for 4000 somoni for 12 months...

Sharifahon has sold fabrics and window curtains for almost nine years. She is very experienced in this business. One of her three children helps her with her business. Her husband sells dried apricots at the market. Sharifahon buys her goods from other markets in another city which is about 80 miles from her home...

Marhamat is a 55-year-old woman and, after 18 years, still has her own business selling corn and wheat at the market. Her daughter helps her with the business...