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Edgar De Jesus Carmona Loaiza
Colombia | Food | Food
For 16 years, Edgar has been working in a delicatessen where he sells liquor, snacks, soda and other products. 35-year-old Edgar dreams of…more
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Fred Oginda
Kenya | Retail | Charcoal Sales
Fred is a 50-year-old married man. He has three children with ages ranging from 19 to 30 years. He describes himself to be aggressive. He…more
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Rosa Maria Guerrero Real
Nicaragua | Retail | Retail
Rosa Maria is 57 years old. she has a small grocery store, which is located in her home. Her clients are neighbours and people from her…more
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Vicente Azael Torrez Lazo
Nicaragua | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses
Don Vicente lives in El Coral, in the region of Granadino, and works as an advisor to the mayor's office. He also owns his own farm and…more
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Valerik Beglaryan
Armenia | Agriculture | Cattle
Valerik is a 53-year-old entrepreneur from Khndzoresk village in the Syunik region. He lives with his wife and sister. Valerik's children…more
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Isrrael John
Bolivia | Services | Auto Repair
Isrrael works as a molder in fiberglass masking of automobiles in order to improve their aesthetics. This is called auto tuning. The…more
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Subhi Adie
Palestine | Transportation | Taxi
Subhi, who is a 39-years-old man, is a father for three sons and two daughters. He is a taxi driver and wants to pay the expenses for…more
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Gegham Melkonyan
Armenia | Agriculture | Cattle
Gegham lives with his wife, mother and children. Gegham is engaged in agricultural business. He keeps cattle and cultivates land. To insure…more
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G.s 12 De Enero Group
Nicaragua | Food | Grocery Store
The 12 de Enero (12th of January) communal bank is comprised of two entrepreneurs who are united in order to get ahead and support each…more
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Benito De Jesus Gil Gonzales
Colombia | Retail | General Store
Benito is know in his neighbourhood for being a hard working person who is devoted to his family. His family is the reason that he works…more
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Alieu Barrie
Sierra Leone | Retail | Retail
This is 31-year-old Alieu. He is married to a trader and has two school-going children, ages 10 and 7 years. In 2004, Alieu established his…more
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Clorinda Velasco Garcia
Peru | Clothing | Clothing Sales
The member Clorinda remains in the business of buying and selling children's, women's and men's clothing. She also supports herself by…more
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Ekua Donkor
Ghana | Retail | Retail
Ekua is married with three children. For the past two years, she has been selling fish and cosmetics at Adum Banso. She uses her income to…more
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Beneranda Poderosa Zambrano Tuarez
Ecuador | Retail | Cosmetics Sales
The city La California de Portoviejo, capital of Manabí, has been known for many years as the city of the Royal Tamarind Trees. The…more
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Farukh Abdulloev
Tajikistan | Transportation | Taxi
Farukh has been in the taxi service for over fifteen years. He is married and has three children. He is a very hardworking and…more
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Blanca Elizabeth Acuña Rocha
Nicaragua | Retail | Retail
Blanca Elizabeth is an entrepreneur who opened her own business, which is a small grocery store. There she offers her customers a variety…more
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Juan Carlos Londoño
Colombia | Food | Food Stall
Juan Carlos is well-known in his community for being a doting father to his 11-year-old son, who he has had to separate from his mother due…more
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Joaquin Alberto Medina Lopez
Nicaragua | Retail | Jewelry
Joaquín Alberto is a client of Foundation León 2000. He is an entrepreneur whose main economic activity is a jewelry store that is…more
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Alicia Amaya Quintero
Colombia | Retail | General Store
Alicia, 53, lives in the city of Cartagena with her two children ages 25 to 27 years. There she has her own store, selling ranches, food,…more
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Ruben Martirosyan
Armenia | Agriculture | Cattle
Ruben is a 42-year-old farmer. He cultivates land and keeps cattle. Ruben needs some financial investment to develop his cattle breeding.…more
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Levon Khachatryan
Armenia | Food | Food Market
Levon was born in 1957 in Ijevan City. He is married and has three children: two daughters and a son. His son is school-aged, one daughter…more
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Teresius Kabui
Kenya | Retail | Fuel/Firewood
Teresius is 52 years old and married. He sells kerosene to earn a living, a business he has been in for seven years. He works hard in…more
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Ramon Elias Arenas Correa
Colombia | Retail | General Store
Ramon is 58 years old and is the father of three children. He has owned a small store for the past year, located in his home in the…more
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Ochirpurev Bayasgalan
Mongolia | Transportation | Transportation
Mr. Ochirpurev, 33, owns a mini truck and transports wood between markets in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. He has been running…more
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Alfred M. Fornah
Sierra Leone | Housing | Personal Housing Expenses
Salone Microfinance Trust (SMT), a partner of Kiva.org, based in Makeni, northern Sierra Leone, is very pleased to present to you Alfred, a…more
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Gustavo Cesar Vasquez Suarez
Peru | Food | Food Production/Sales
Gustavo Cesar is 41 years old. He lives in Ica, Peru. Ica is located in the Sechura Desert, almost four hours south of Lima, the…more
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Milagros Xiomara Amesquita Lopez
Peru | Food | Food Stall
Milagros is a hardworking woman and a loving mother. She has two children who are three and five years old. Both are in primary school.…more
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Rama Chimwaga
Kenya | Housing | Property
Rama is a 43-year-old married man with 4 children all of whom attend school. His wife, Amina, who is employed also contributes to the…more
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Luis Heriberto Cambo Cambo
Ecuador | Agriculture | Agriculture
Luis Heriberto is 24 years old. He is single and lives with his mother. He has no children. He lives in the Ventanas canton, Los Rios…more
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Ibrahim Musa
Sierra Leone | Food | Food Production/Sales
This is 32 year-old Ibrahim. He is married, and has two children aged 6 and 9 years-old. In 1998, Ibrahim established his provision and…more
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José Benitez
Paraguay | Transportation | Transportation
José, 57, lives with Rosa in a very crowded neighborhood in the city of Itá. They have just one son who helps him with his work.…more
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Ali Akasa Muniafu
Kenya | Food | Food
Ali is 34 years old, married and has three children aged four, six and ten. He runs a hotel and sells tea and rice to earn a living. He has…more
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Hernaldo José Gaitán Ambota
Nicaragua | Services | Cobbler
Hernaldo José lives in Masaya Department. He’s a cobbler by profession, married and responsible for his household. His business…more
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Jesus Antonio Garcia Ayala
Colombia | Food | Restaurant
At 52 years old, Jesus runs a restaurant in an area of downtown Medellin. He started it two years ago with great effort and dedication…more
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Jose Alberto Sosa Montufar
Honduras | Food | Grocery Store
Jose Alberto, age 33, has been married for six years. He has two children, a three year old and a two month old baby. He lives in an…more
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Luis Alfredo Escobar Flores
Peru | Transportation | Transportation
Luis Alfredo is a responsible person and a hard worker. He lives in Camaná, a city known for it's beautiful beaches, for it's production…more
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