NEW DONATIONS MADE THROUGH KIVA IN JANUARY 2022

 

MEET THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED KIVA DONATIONS IN JANUARY OF 2022 THIS IS THEIR STORIES

Meet James, a 40-year-old refugee living Yumbe, in the West Nile region of Uganda. He is a father to four children who all attend school. 

James is a very hardworking man who grows   sorghum, maize, rice, green vegetables, and tomatoes.  The season has been so bad that most of his crops have dried due to the drought. Besides this, he is also a fish monger. He would like to buy fishing nets. This will enable him to improve on the fish he gets, as the demand is there, then he will be able to educate his children, build a permanent house, and improve on their standard of living.

Loreta is a 38-year-old rural woman. She is married and the proud mother of three children. She and her family live on the first floor of an old building in their village. Her husband has done some repairs and has made it a more secure and safe shelter for his family. To provide for her family, Loreta and her husband do agricultural activities. They have 15 dynym of family land, in which they plant potatoes, beans and other seasonal vegetables. They also have 20 goats, from which they sell the milk.  Loreta wants to buy a cow in order to sell the dairy products and obtain one calf per year so she will have the possibility of making a better income for her family. She is asking for the second time for Kiva lenders' support. Your first loan enabled her to pay the necessary expenses for planting her lands.

Talzhibek says hello from Yintymak. She is grateful to Kiva lenders for helping her to increase her number of livestock. Now she would like to ask for another loan, which she promises to pay back in full. She is asking for a loan of 100,000 som to buy dairy cows, in order to increase the volume of milk she sells.  Talzhibek is a 54-year-old, hardworking, married woman with a grown-up son. She is a farmer and raises livestock for a living. She started the business in 1996 to increase her household income. Talzhibek wants to further develop her business and improve her quality of life.

Greetings from Sierra Leone! This is 28-year-old Taddy from Goderich branch. She is a married businesswoman with one 14-year-old child, who is currently attending school. Taddy started this business to take care of her family.  She runs a retail business selling oil, fish and palm oil to her customers around the community. She has been in this business for two years. Taddy says that she has no challenges.   Taddy says that the extra income from this loan will help to take care of her family and to increase her business.

I am a dreamer, creative by nature, and tireless entrepreneur, I was born in Guadalajara, Mexico.  I have had the opportunity to sell silver, clothing, accessories, etc. After arriving in the United States, I have been able to further develop my skills as a trader. I love working on my own. Today starting, with a lot of effort and supporting ourselves with my partner Claudia, we have been able to start our own RC Deals LLC business. Eager to get ahead being the owners of our own business. Claudia is a person with a lot of ease in sales and also with experience in them. We are both fighting for a better future and we want to help the community at the same time with better prices and good treatment.  I have always been a very productive and determined person with a great desire to get ahead and with the belief that perseverance and performance are the keys to success.