We help a young man in Lebanon start a business
byMohamad is a 19-year-old single man. Five years ago Mohamad started his own business, dealing with manufacturing aluminum doors, closets & windows.
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We help some blokes in Zimbabwe improve their businesses
byFor our 23rd loan we decided we should help some guys, because our stats show we’ve been primarily lending to women lately. Well we don’t want to appear sexist.
We help a woman from South Sudan educate her seven kids
byAnna is a 42-year-old married woman with seven children, six of whom are in school. She has had a business selling food from a stall in Kator, South Sudan for five years.
We help a woman in Rwanda educate her kids
byEluminee is 30 years old. She has four children aged between 3 and 10 years. Two of them go to school. She is married to a farmer. She has a small shop which she has been running for four years.
We help a single mum in Ghana expand her business
byRakia is a single parent and has three children. Rakia makes and sells gari
We Help A Widow In Rwanda
byBertird is 40 years old and is a widow. She has 4 children aged 3 to 20 with 3 of them currently in school. She owns a small store where she sells juice, rice, and fruits, which she has been doing for 3 years.
We Help A Family In South Sudan To Buy A House
byWe have it so good in this country. If you doubt that look at Rachiel. This woman is 50 years old. I’m nearly 50 years old (six years away). Makes me so appreciative I was lucky enough to have been born in Australia.
We help a group of women in Chile
byThe way KIVA works is we pick a person or group to loan our money to so they can improve their business or start a business, and they pay it back to us, so then we can lend it out again. This is a hand, not a hand out. We chose a group of women in Chile for this loan.
We help a woman in Ecuador buy pigs
byMaria devotes her time to caring for her children and she also has a business at her house raising animals to sell such as guinea pigs and hens.
We help a family in Cambodia
byMao, 52 years old, is a fish seller with her husband. Their income is $7 per day. The couple has six children
We help a family in Uganda to educate their children
byTracey chose the recipient of our $25 loan this month. It took her fifteen minutes of searching to find the person she most wanted to help today. “But they’re all so deserving,” she moaned to me. “How can I pick just one?” “You’ll know when you find it,” I told her. And she did. Cause she cried.
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byIf you were thinking about joining Kiva down the track, this seems like a great opportunity to see what it’s all about and even…
We help a family in Honduras
byI am very excited about this loan. Not only am I helping someone in a country where 50% of people live below the poverty line, I am also helping in the production of one of my favourite foods – coffee
We help people in Nicaragua
byMiss16 was given the task of choosing who we would help better their prospects this month and after much deliberation (about 30 seconds) she decided these people “looked nice”.
We help some fine fellows in Uganda
byBecause the repayments on past microfinance loans are starting to come in we had the opportunity to make another US$25 this month. As Master19 was home from uni for the holiday we let him choose.