Hi Ramona,
I have been experiencing rather huge lags with disbursement of loans from several MFIs (also usually quick-disbursing ones) lately, probably due to the mass of newly and quickly funded loans - I don't think there is any need to worry yet.
Regarding AN:K: Of my 3 latest loans with them one has been disbursed just today (the other two are still only "raised" for over two weeks now) so I can confirm they are still around and working.
Best wishes,
Wolfgang.
Happy to say that I got finally today (1 month and 3 days after the loan had been funded) the news that my loan has been disbursed. And the even better thing is that the loan has already been disbursed on October 3. So it was not my "client" that was waiting so long for the money but only me waiting for the news.
So, everything ok with ANK! And I am especially happy about this because the lady I am lending to has a special place in my heart for having a really tough and emancipated "men's" job:
http://admin.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=65687
Mary Wangari Mungai is 50 years old and married with six children. Mary resides in Ruai, a town on the outskirts of Nairobi. This town is famous for its high-quality building stones. Mary is one of the lucky owners of a quarry. The building stones are used in many buildings around the country and Mary jokes with us that our offices could be in a building made with stones from her quarry.
Mary Wangari started working in a quarry in a town known as Naivasha this was in the year 2004. Mary opted to work in the quarries since she couldn't find work elsewhere. She describes herself as a pioneer of women working in the Naivasha quarries. After working in poor conditions in the Naivasha quarries, Mary saved about 30,000 KSH and relocated to Ruai. Since the money was not enough to buy a plot, Mary approached her older sister to borrow 10,000 KSH, which her sister provided. Mary then bought a quarry plot which produces building stones which are always in demand.
Mary wants to produce more quality stones and to achieve this, she has to have quality equipment. Mary is therefore requesting a loan of 70,000 KSH, with which she will purchase various equipment, including chisels, mallets, rope, etc., to enable her produce quality stone, which means more income for her company and the community members she will employ.
