Microloan Stories

Lydia - Philippines

Lydia - Philippines

Pigs A loan helped to purchase feeds and other supplies to raise her pigs. Lydia's story Lydia is a married woman with two children. She...

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Dorcus - Kenya

Dorcus - Kenya

Farming A loan helped to buy quality farm inputs such as fertilizers to improve her tea farming. Dorcus's story Dorcus (a 31-year-old mom of two...

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Amilani - Samoa

Amilani - Samoa

Farming A loan helped to buy vegetable seeds, chemicals, a wheelbarrow, water tank, rake, shovel, hand gloves and safety boots. Amilani's story Amilani is a...

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Siapo - Samoa

Siapo - Samoa

Farming A loan helped to buy a wheelbarrow, rake, shovel, water tank, more seedlings (taro roots and banana tubes) and gloves. Siapo's story Siapo is...

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Alice - Kenya

Alice - Kenya

Agriculture A loan helped to bake bricks and buy mash for her hatching chickens. Alice's story Alice is 56 years old. She is married and...

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Inosia - Samoa

Inosia - Samoa

Food Production/Sales A loan helped to buy bags of flour, sugar, a large frying pan, a new oven, cooking oil, a strainer and yeast. Inosia's...

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Fernando - Honduras

Fernando - Honduras

Farming A loan helped to purchase supplies, lime, chicken manure, and sacks of fertilizers to work the land. Fernando's story Fernando is 59 years old,...

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Carolyne - Kenya

Carolyne - Kenya

Home Products Sales A loan helped to buy more stock of utensils. Carolyne's story Carolyne is 47 years old and married to Josphat, who is...

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Everlyne - Kenya

Everlyne - Kenya

Cereals A loan helped to buy more stock of maize, beans, millet, sorghum and ground nuts. Everlyne's story Everlyne is 41 years old and married...

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