Single Parent Loans

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I have started a team called Single Parent Loans.  While I am not a single parent myself, I have a softness in my heart for those people in this situation.  I know how hard it is, and cannot say no to someone that is doing their best to support their family.  I also want to help the kids, and giving them a good role model is one way to do this.  If you are interested in joining the team, we would love to have you.  I can send you an invite (just let me know) or you can go ahead and just join the team (on Kiva).  You would continue loaning as an individual, and you would continue to get credit for the loan.  All you would do is select the team that the loan is for.  (It will do nothing to giving you credit for the loan). 

Here is an update on the team, as of today.

We loan because: we support and want to help single parents throughout the world. It is very difficult to raise successful men and women and it becomes even more difficult when we live in poverty.
About us: We are a group of lenders throughout the world that want to help men and women be successful in raising their own families

Number of Team Members: 6
Number of Loans: 4
Number of Loans per Member: 0.67
Total Amount Loaned: $125.00
 
The team does not have any active loans (all so far have been funded). but I did find these loans that would qualify for this team:



http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=40251&_tpos=3&_tpg=1



http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=58761&_tpos=11&_tpg=1

There are probably many more loans that qualify for this team.  Espcially since we are hovering around the 700 mark.  Please take a look and consider joining the team.  We would love to have you.
 

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Our team is growing.  Here are the latest stats and also a few loans that fit this category.

Number of Team Members: 11
Number of Loans: 15
Number of Loans per Member: 1.36
Total Amount Loaned: $375.00

Here are the loans that are already listed on the team, but have not yet funded....
 
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=55760

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=57066

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=58761&_tpos=18&_tpg=1

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=60210

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=60302

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=62030

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=62056


And last of all, here are some loans that still need funding, but are not yet part of the team....

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=40281&_tpos=15&_tpg=1

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=55027&_tpos=10&_tpg=1

[skbasket]

For those of you that are competitive... 

The Single Parent Loans team is listed as #10 of the Kiva Community page.  We are only $50 behind the team that is #9 (Crazy Canucks).

Take a look....

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=community

The Single Parent Loans team info is ...

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=community&action=viewTeam&team_id=38

[mejane]

There is another single parent loan that still needs funding:

Name: Baldemar Garcia Jaque Location:  Mexico Primary Activitya:  Auto Repair Baldemar is very thankful to Kiva for the support he received through an initial loan. Thanks to that loan he was able to purchase the equipment he needed to offer his clients good services and as a consequence his list of clients has grown. Baldemar is requesting another loan through Kiva in order to purchase diagnostic equipment and a car battery charger. He now has more clients for his auto-mechanic services, and he is completing home projects as well in order to create more income for the business and for his family. Also, thanks to the loan he has been able to help his family move forward, since he is a single parent and takes care of his children as well as his parents.

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=62524

[Mona]

Hi, I just found another loan that fits in my opinion very good to the group and still needs 400 $ help:

Mrs. Lay Sarom owns a small grocery store in the local market which is located in Kampong Chrey Village in Takeo Province. Aside from this business, she is a farmer. Last year, she got $450 from her rice revenue. She is a 41-year-old widow with two children who attend the local school. She is now in poor conditions and lives in an uncomfortable house. Mrs. Lay Sarom wants to build a new house to replace the old one, so she decided to ask for a loan to buy timbers to build a new house for her household.

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=66097

Ramona

[Jan & John]

Thanks Ramona - when I first went there was still $100 left and by the time I did my basket thing and went back, it was all gone - good timing on my part - thanks for posting.  One more for the team 
jan

[Jan & John]

funding now...

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=67267&_tpos=5&_tpg=1
A single mother with one child, Akofa Klikan was born on Oct 2, 1982 in Lomé. She lives in the Bè Ahligo district. She has a hairdressing salon that is unable to satisfy its customers or provide her with enough income to meet her own needs or those of her child. She is requesting this loan to equip herself with work materials and cosmetic products, and to renovate her hairdressing salon.

[Mona]

still nearly 1000 $ left for funding (unfortunately I am out of credits for the moment...):
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=69235&_tpos=7&_tpg=2

Mastula is a 48-year-old widow with seven children ranging in age from 15 to 36 years old. Three of her children go to school and the rest are working. Her elder brother helps her pay school fees for the younger children. She rents a one-room house in a semi-urban area on the outskirts of Kampala, where she lives with three people. The house has no electricity or piped water. The family gets three meals a day.



Sorry, forgot to mention that this a 6 months loan from Uganda

[Turtle]

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=69937 - Michael Assibu, Ghana; 7 months, 4 star MFI:

Michael Assibu sells phones and accessories at Kotokoraba, which is in the heart of the Cape Coast. Michael has received a senior high school education. He is a single parent and has three children. Michael has been selling phones and accessories since 2000. He is responsible for paying his children's school fees and other utility bills. His loan will be used to buy the latest mobile phones and accessories for resale. He hopes to use the new profits from his business to expand his capital base to increase his profit and enable him meet the increasing needs of his family.

There's still just over $900 left on it.

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I'm so jealous (in the kinda-but-not-really way ) of all those who were able to get in on the Peruvian single-father yesterday...it was just heartbreaking how desperately he wanted to see his children educated.  I was going to come & post in here once I had a slice for keeping &/or sharing, but it funded between the time it took me to click "lend" to the loading of the new page!!  Still, glad he got funded 

[B. Right]

 Oh, I did not notice this thread earlier. Brilliant, Sandy! This way, the inbox on our e-mailserver does not fill up, on team communications about loans.

 I have been a little hesitant on posting about funding loans, because they disappear so rapidly, due to the latest circumstances. This I feel, are now stabilizing itself. And we see signs now, pointing towards business as usual. We're allmost there.

 It seems like the total number of loans one team has, is the criteria for that team's position in relation to other teams, in both the "ranking list" under kiva communities, and on the particular loans. (More then five teams, the ones with less loans in their collective portfolio, get the boot.)

 Nah. I do not have any loan-suggestion at this moment. Just in to say: Go Team!