It’s a big Planet. Full of budding entrepreneurs with unlimited promise. Manano Annet sells rice and beans in Sudan. Mendee Dailaihuu sells clothes in Mongolia. Tep Mao raises pigs in Cambodia. Their goals are the same as all of ours — provide a better life for their families and their communities.
PlanetTogether is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the hope of hard-working entrepreneurs through Kiva, a leading force in microlending to developing countries. A donation is made to Kiva in the name of each new PlanetTogether client.
We’re so excited to help those working towards better lives. These are some of the entrepreneurs PlanetTogether’s customers are helping to support:
A loan of $850 helps Paul Okothto in Kilifi, Kenya purchase more metals for welding. This loan has been fully funded!
“Paul is a 33-year-old married father of four children. He runs a welding business in Mnarani, Kilifi and has been in the business for the last four years. The business is doing well and he has been able to support his family well.
This marks Paul’s third loan from KADET LTD to finance his business, and with the money, he plans to purchase more metals for welding.
With the anticipated profits he hopes to be able to repay his KADET loan and to expand his business even further, and also to improve his family’s living standards. In future, Paul hopes to open up new ventures in Kilifi and to become a successful entrepreneur.” -Kiva
A loan of $375 helps Juan Carlos Guevara Esteven in Managua, Nicaragua to buy glass, silicon, and other materials for making display cabinets. This loan has been fully funded!
“Juan is a hardworking gentleman. He is single and his children are grown. His plans include improving his standard of living.
Juan is a craftsman who spends his time making display cabinets. He has experienced health problems, but he still has plans to establish a vending post at the market. Juan started his business with his own funds and has plans to move forward. This loan will be invested in raw materials such as sheets of glass, silicon, and other supplies. He hopes to generate better profits so that he can invest in improvements to the infrastructure of his business.
Juan is grateful for the financial support that has aided in the socio-economic development of his family.” -Kiva
A loan of $1,175 helped Linda in GMA, Cavite, Philippines to pay for raw materials to produce colorful coin banks. This loan has been fully funded!
“This is Linda, 51, resident of GMA, Cavite City, Philippines. She is married to Rolando, a cook, and is a mother to her children. She, together with her husband and children, manages the household while operating the business. At this time, she is working hard to continually provide income for her everyday expenses.
Linda operates a coin bank manufacturing business. She buys raw materials used in coin bank production and processes it to produce colorful coin banks. Her finished products were distributed to markets, general stores and other places where she has contacts for her products where she earns a margin for every coin bank she delivers. She earns a minimum of Php7500 in profit every week.
To help her continue operations of her business, she is requesting a Php50,000 loan. She will be utilizing the loan to buy raw materials needed in coin bank production and other supplies for her business. She expects a boost in her business income as she expands her business.
Linda dreams to be able to give her all her children a good and high quality education through all her hard work on her business and she also hopes to tap more customers in the future. She faithfully meets up with her co-fellowship members to share stories of her work every week and where she can also draw strength and inspiration from the Word of God she studies.” -Kiva
Kiva is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world. Learn more about how it works.
Loans that Change Lives. www.kiva.org
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