Kiva- January Loan

Group: Flores de Dolores
Location: Atlacomulco, Estado de México, Mexico
Sector:Clothing
Activity:Clothing Sales
Loan Use:to buy shawls
Repayment Term:6 months
Repayment Schedule:Monthly

This group is called Flores de Dolores (Dolores’s Flowers). It is located in the community of Dolores Hidalgo in the state of Mexico. There are 12 people in the group. 44-year old Paulina Marcial is one of them. She completed sixth grade of primary school, is a businesswoman, and has four children, two girls and two boys.

Paulina earns her living buying and selling shawls, a job she’s been doing for eight years. She is seeking a loan to buy more shawls which she sells in the nearby towns. The shawls are part of the traditional dress worn by local women.

Paulina is happy right now because she has the money to invest in her business. The loan will be used to buy more shawls so her store is well-stocked. At the moment of taking the photograph, Sra. Adela García bent down, but all the group members appear.

Current Kiva Loans:

1 loan delinquent

Shamshad Samuael Masih's Group
Location: Khanewal, Pakistan
Sector: Agriculture
Activity: Animal Sales
Loan Use: To buy goats for animal sales business
Repaid: $0.00

Janet Akinyi Ayieko
Location: Eldoret, Kenya
Repayment Term: 8 months
Activity: General Store
Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To open another two stores in town
Repaid: $0.00

Olga Francisca Cano Romero
Location: Portoviejo, Ecuador
Repayment Term: 6 months
Activity: Crafts
Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To buy fabric, down, thread, fasteners, etc.
Repaid: $9.38

Mamile Orozalieva's Group
Location: Kant, Kyrgyzstan
Repayment Term: 6 months
Activity: Cattle
Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To purchase more cattle for breeding
Repaid: $18.39

Hawa Gull Group
Location: Monrovia South, Liberia
Repayment Term: 6 months
Activity: Food Market
Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To buy more bags of rice, onions, peppers, palm oil, and beans
Repaid: $20.79 DELINQUENT

LOANS PAID IN FULL:

Zenaida Daing- Farming, Sta. Josefa, Agusan Del Sur, Philippines
Elizabeth Aidoo- Food Market, Wiawso, Ghana
Mobateli Plus Group -Manufacturing, The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Paz y Amor Group -Fruits & Vegetables, Dominican Republic
Dustmatov Eralboy - Livestock, Tajikistan
Seccelambras Group -Food Production/Sales, Peru
Rashidat Mumuni -Fish Selling, Nigeria
Karla Vanessa Montiel Barahona -Housing, Nicaragua
Eal Nub -Fish Selling, Cambodia
Atim Irene's Group -Medical Clinic, Uganda
Obama Group- Grocery Store produce- Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
La Esperanza Group- sugar cane, flour, sugar and coal- Ita, Paraguay
Siguikadi Group- Purchase of selling items -Kadiolo Sikasso, Mali
Altantuya Lhasuren- Butcher Shop- Tsetserleg, Arhangai, Mongolia
Gbawulu Group- To buy bags of cement to make blocks- Monrovia South, Liberia
Iyunge Group: purchasing bigger quantities of beans to sell- Cibitoke, Burundi
Fight For Progress Group- Buy palm-oil, rice, & oranges- Makeni, Sierra Leone


As of today i've loaned and re-loaned out a total of $575 through KIVA to 23 different groups in 22 different places all around the world. Its amazing what $25.00can do!

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