Emely Duhaylungsod : Philippines
$0 of $150 raised. Started raising funds on Jul 4, 2009 Emely Duhaylungsod is from the village of Upper dumalinao, ZDS. She is 36 years old. Emely is married and has four school-aged children. To make a living, Emely operates a family member’s business venture raising crops. While not the only means for generating revenue, the main source of income for the business comes primarily from planting & harvesting rice for sale. Emely is just starting this business. Emely joined PMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and ability to engage in business activities. Emely has successfully repaid a previous loan of 5000 PHP from PMPC. This previous loan was used to invest in expanding the business. Emely is requesting a new loan of 7000 PHP, which will be used to purchase fertilizer such as manure. This loan will be the third loan taken out by Emely from PMPC. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to improve the general living conditions of her family. About PMPC: Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC) is one of the most progressive cooperatives in northwestern Mindanao. It reaches out to the rural poor using the Grameen model. *Note: To maximize efficiency and reduce costs, this loan was posted using a template to automate the translation by Kiva. Given that manual translation of entrepreneur profiles is costly, Kiva created this template for our Field Partner to allow them to continue to post loans in English while providing quality and accurate information to Kiva lenders.
Myrna Balios : Philippines
$0 of $125 raised. Started raising funds on Jul 3, 2009 Myrna Balios is from the village of Santa Cruz, Tangub City, Misamis Occidental. She is 34 years old. Myrna is married and has nine school-aged children. To make a living, Myrna runs a sari-sari (or general) store. While not the only means for generating revenue, the main source of income for the business comes primarily from selling both food and daily-use products in the local community. Myrna has been engaged in her business for more than three years and earns approximately 1000 PHP a month for these activities. Myrna joined GDMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and ability to engage in business activities. Myrna is requesting a new loan of 5000 PHP which will be used to invest in expanding the business. This will be the first loan taken out by Myrna from GDMPC. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to improve the general living conditions of her family. About GDMPC: GDMPC is one of the most progressive cooperatives in Mindanao, Philippines. It has four branches and three unit offices covering the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur, Lanao del Norte and Misamis Occidental. Its membership is composed mostly of farmers, fisher folks and small entrepreneurs. *Note: To maximize efficiency and reduce costs, this loan was posted using a template to automate the translation by Kiva. Given that manual translation of entrepreneur profiles is costly, Kiva created this template for our Field Partner to allow them to continue to post loans in English while providing quality and accurate information to Kiva lenders.
Paulina Asare : Ghana
$0 of $400 raised. Started raising funds on Jul 3, 2009 Paulina is a business woman in Sefwi. She trades in clothes, linen, and lace materials. She is 47 years old, married, and lives with her husband. She has five children who are currently in school. She is very supportive of her family through her trading business. She has been selling for the past six years but progress has persistently been low due to insufficient funds. She hopes the loan will enable her to revive the business and make a more viable profit. She wants to bulk purchase clothes, linen, and lace materials to increase her inventory. It is her desire to rent a store in the community market. She would be grateful for your support.
