TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE WORLD

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TRANSPORTATION   ... Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans ("across") and portare ("to carry").  Wikipedia

This thread will collect photographs of the modes of transportation used by KIVA entrepreneurs around the world - with particular attention to those that have evolved to meet local needs.

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Name: Irshad Bibi Location: Pakistan Notes “I have a family of ten including myself and live in a village in Pakistan. My children who have finished school are employed. Two of my sons operate a Rickshaw (local three wheeled vehicle), but one of them needs to purchase a new Richshaw—we have pooled in some of our savings and require an additional loan.”

Name: Shamin Bibi Location: Pakistan Notes “I have six children, four of whom are in school. I spend most of my day taking care of the children and housework. My husband used to work in the city and but his left that job to operate his own Rickshaw about four years ago. We now want to purchase a new Rickshaw (three wheeled vehicle) by pooling in some of our savings and now require a loan.” Shamin

Name: Shazia Nadem Location: Pakistan Notes My husband is a rickshaw driver and a welder; he drives rickshaw in the evening and welds in the morning on order. He needs a loan to buy few welding tools and also repair his rickshaw. My husband works very hard so that he can provide food and clothing for us.

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Name: Beoung Mouy Location: Cambodia Notes Mrs. Beoung Mouy is 58 years old and lives in Siem Reap with her husband and their 5 children. Her husband is a fisherman, while she sells his catch along with others at the market. Combined, they earn about $7/day. This loan will be used to purchase a new net and also a boat to improve their fishing business.

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and from Peru:
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Name: Sophoin Born Location: Cambodia Notes Sophoin and his sister are requesting this, their third loan from Maxima, to buy a third horse and a cart. The two siblings have been operating their dirt hauling business for two years. Currently they have two horses and carts but would like to buy two more. A horse costs about (US) $700 and a cart from $200-$300. Their house is backed by the Mekong River and it’s from there they get soil which is used as fill on construction sites. Each year during the monsoon, the river swells and deposits tons of silt along its banks. As the water recedes, entrepreneurs like Sophoin load the soil into carts and transport it into neighboring villages. Depending on how far they have to drive the cart, Sophoin charges between $3.50 and $4.00 per cartload

Name: Yun bao Location: Cambodia Notes   Mr. Yun Bao is a horse trailer taxi driver and makes about $5 per day.  They request a loan of $1,100 to purchase a horse and trailer to develop their business. This loan will expand the businesses and improve their income to support their family sufficiently.

Name: Mrs. Soeun Yum Location: Cambodia Notes   Mrs. Soeun Yum, 47 years old, has six children and lives in Kampongcham province, Cambodia. She works on her farm growing crops and feeding animals, and usually earns around $7/day in revenue with her husband, who runs a business by driving a horse-cart to transport passengers in this village. A horse-cart taxi is very common and more popular than motor-taxi or Tuk Tuk because it is very cheap and the inhabitants can afford traveling to and from the market. Soeun Yum is looking for a $500 loan to buy a horse in order to run a business, and to purchase some seeds for her farm.

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Name: Goibnazar Dodoboev Location: Tajikistan Notes Goibnazar provides transportation services on his truck. He has been in this business for 3 years. As a rule Goibnazar transports goods from Dushanbe to Istaravshan and vice versa. Dushanbe is the capital of Tajikistan and located in the South of the Republic and Istaravshan is located in the North of the Republic. The road goes through the mountains and there are a couple of passes that are closed during the winter season due to the snow. Considering the above, Goibnazar has decided to fix his truck.

Name: Fathullo Halimov Location: Tajikistan Notes   Fathullo owns a truck and works as a driver for hire in his town. He is planning to use the loan to purchase additional spare parts for the truck and it's repair. This loan will allow Fathullo to fix his truck, which is a source of income for him and will allow the locals to rent the car when needed for the purpose of transportation of heavy goods. Mr. Halimov is planning to pay back the loan in the next 6 months.

Name: Jurabek Halimov Location: Tajikistan Notes   Jurabek Halimov lives in Shahrinav. He is 36 and is married with 2 children. He owns a truck and works as a truck driver. He has been a truck driver for 10 years. Currently, his truck is in need of repairs and Jurabek needs money to pay for the repairs. Jurabek’s job as a truck driver is the only source of income for his family. It also allows local people to use his services at an affordable price. He plans to repay his loan in 12 months.

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Name: John Akatie Location: Ghana Notes: John Akatie sells fish that he catches on his “Awam Sea,” which is a popular canoe here in Ghana.

Name:  Egya Ewusi Location: Ghana Notes: Egya Ewusi sells fish and owns a canoe.

Name: Jones Mensah Location: Ghana Notes: Jones Mensah is a fisherman who is married, with two children. His business is doing well, but his fishing net is very old and he wishes to buy a new one. He is asking for additional capital to buy more fishing materials for his business.

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Name: Andrew Cheruiyot Location: Litein, Kenya Notes Andrew wakes up at 5 a.m. to milk the cows and pack it in 5 litre containers. Then his goes off to his regular customers and any potential customer passing by. Some of the challenges he faces include the high cost of maintenance of his bicycle, which is his main source of transport, as well as a lack of sanitary equipment to handle his products and the quick expiration of milk since he has no proper storage facility.

Name: Leonard Chango Location: Busya, Kenya Notes I am a single parent, a father of 2. I transport people and goods from one end to another to earn a living. The loan will help me diversify and expand the business so as to be able to pay school fees for my children.

Name: Maxmilian Etyang Onyapidi Location: Moding Tesa District, Kenya Notes For the last three years, Maximillian has operated a home bakery at his Moding residence. His customers are mainly shopkeepers around Moding and Angu’rai trading centre. He bakes 80 dozen short cakes and scones each day...He works alone because he doesn’t yet have enough capital to hire somebody to help him. His main challenges in the business are transportation and competition. He gets orders from other trading centers. But his only means of transportation is by bicycle, so he is unable to deliver the baked goods quickly.

Name: Peter Okwaro Location: Busia, Kenya Notes I am a married man and a father of 3 children. I am the main bread earner in the family. I transport goods and people for a living. I will use the loan to diversify and expand my business so I can provide the basic needs for my family

Name: Daniel Njuguna Location: Malaba-Teso District, Kenya Notes It is now three years since Daniel started his business with capital of about KES 3,000/= which he earned from his hard labor. He is a fruit vendor that moves from point to point selling fresh fruits to people. Daniel is a hard working man that gets his stock from Kitale sometimes and from Tororo Uganda. His main challenge is when the season goes down, his stock tends to deteriorate.. . . If given a loan by PEMCI, he plans to increase his stock aand get a shed where he can station himself to sell his fruits. He dreams of having a vegetable shop. Daniel is a school drop out caused by a lack of school fees. He plans to buy a big piece of land for his family and build them a home..

Name: Joseph Waweru Location: Nakuru, Kenya Notes    He sells water in the areas where water is a real problem. He does this using his bicycle. The average water containers (of 20liters) which he can carry at a time are six. It is tiresome but he is a strong man. He has been doing this for the last six years and he is well versed with the market. He is intending to expand his business by acquiring a cart will enable him carry more containers of water and serve more customers in the same area. It is also less tiresome.

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Name: Lydia Boakye Location: Ghana Notes Sister Lydia is a trader who buys foodstuffs from farmers in the rural areas and transports them to the urban markets. She needs a loan of $850 to expand her business. She is a client of Kraban Support Foundation. . .She will be able to manage the loan because she keeps her records very well.

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Name: Fredy Location: Peru Notes Fredy is a single young man who works in agriculture and animal husbandry. He works so that he can cover his expenses and take care of his mother. He wakes up early every morning to walk through and work his many dispersed crop fields. As all of this walking was exhausting, he decided to buy a horse so that he could travel these long distances and optimize his time.

Name: Martin Location: Peru Notes Martin is 47 years old and lives at home to care for his mother. He is responsible for the familial income. He has a small farm dedicated to the production and selling of milk. He is an incredibly hard worker and wakes up before sunrise everyday to milk and care for the cows. Afterwards he uses his horse-drawn cart to deliver his milk products to the clients. In the afternoon he feed his cows and works in his garden where he grows food products for self-consumption. He also uses part of his land to cultivate sugar cane for the market.

Name: Julio Huacon Location: Ecuador Notes Julio is a native of Salitre, Ecuador, and he has been working in rice farming his entire life. On his farm, he has rice and also some cows and bulls. With the loan, he will buy fertilizer for rice farming as he hopes to increase his productivity. The fertilizer helps increase the yield per plot and it also provides rice of better quality. He dreams of fixing his home, which is made out of wood and is vulnerable to rains. On his farm he also has a couple of horses.

Name: Luz Marina Narvaraez Location: Nicaragua Notes Luz Marina Narvaez is orginally from the municipality of Sandino in the city of Managua. She works collecting plastic items which she later sells to shops for recycling. She has been doing this for three years because she needed extra income to help take care of her three young children. Her husband does not earn enough money to cover their expenses. With her simple, wooden cart pulled by a horse, she works around the streets of her city collecting the plastic articles.

Name: Julio Huacon Location: Ecuador Notes Julio is a native of Salitre, Ecuador, and he has been working in rice farming his entire life. On his farm, he has rice and also some cows and bulls. With the loan, he will buy fertilizer for rice farming as he hopes to increase his productivity. The fertilizer helps increase the yield per plot and it also provides rice of better quality. He dreams of fixing his home, which is made out of wood and is vulnerable to rains. On his farm he also has a couple of horses.

Name: Juana Velasco Matom Location: Guatemala Notes: Juana Velasco Matóm is 40 years old and she and her husband have a carpentry business, making furniture for people in a remote village of northern Guatemala where they live. Juana and her husband came to an agreement to use this loan to purchase three horses which will be used to carry and deliver the tables that they make in their business.

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