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« Reply To This #10 on: August 14, 2007, 05:53:51 PM » |
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Julius Mwololo runs a small restaurant in the Mlolongo settlement. He started it a year ago using personal savings from previous employment. The population of the area is growing rapidly, and he feels there is great potential for his restaurant. He supports his wife and children, and also his siblings, after both of their parents died. He is requesting $1,000 to purchase kitchen equipment including a refrigerator, fryer, juicer, blender, and cooking fat.  Julius MwololoLocation: Mlolongo settlement, Kenya Business Name: Wonderful Hotel Activity: Restaurant Loan Requested: $1,000.00 (Mark Agwonah Fund contributed $25) Repayment Term: 8 months - repaid monthly Loan Use: Purchase of restaurant kitchen equipment MFI: Action Now: KenyaLoan Disbursed: Sep. 24, 2007Journal entry received, Nov. 9, 2007Journal entry received, Nov. 23, 2007
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« Reply To This #11 on: August 22, 2007, 07:18:01 AM » |
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Mary Omamo is the sole provider for her three young children. She started her own hair salon a couple years ago, after working in another salon for many years. Her satisfied clients followed her to her new business, but she did not have minimal equipment such as a hair dryer and blow dryer, which she would have to pay to borrow from other salons. She is requesting $200 to purchase these items so her salon can be free-standing (and repair her relations with her friend whose equipment she has been over-borrowing.)  Mary OmamoLocation: Kibera Slums, Nairobi, Kenya Business Name: Mary Omamo Activity: Beauty Salon Loan Requested: $200.00 (Mark Agwonah Fund contributed $25) Repayment Term: 12 months - repaid monthly Loan Use: To purchase a hair dryer and blow dryer MFI: Action Now: KenyaLoan Disbursed: Sep. 19, 2007
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« Reply To This #12 on: August 26, 2007, 10:58:38 PM » |
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Jonah Ndirangu is a singer and musician who has recorded with his wife a successful album of gospel music ("which sold like hotcakes"). He also started a home for orphans on the outskirts of Nairobi and cares for a sister, her children, and the orphaned children of his sister-in-law who died from HIV/AIDS, in addition to his own children. He is requesting $1,200 to purchase instruments and recording equipment to continue his successful gospel recording career.  Jonah NdiranguLocation: Kitengela, Athi River, Kenya Business Name: Jonah Ndirangu Activity: Musical Performance Loan Requested: $1,200.00 (Mark Agwonah Fund contributed $25) Repayment Term: 8 months - repaid monthly Loan Use: Purchase of a keyboard, amplifier, etc. to use to produce gospel recordings MFI: Action Now: KenyaLoan Disbursed: Sep. 21, 2007Journal entry received, Nov. 9, 2007
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« Reply To This #13 on: August 26, 2007, 11:08:37 PM » |
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Helen Moraa is the proprietress of a small general store in the Kibera Slums, one of several businesses she runs with her husband. She supports not only her own family but 3 extended family members also. With earlier loans she has stocked her stores and improved her business. She is requesting $250 to purchase a weighing scale and further groceries and goods to sell in her shop.  Helen MoraaLocation: Kibera Slums, Nairobi, Kenya Business Name: Helen Moraa Activity: General Store Loan Requested: $250.00 (Mark Agwonah Fund contributed $25) Repayment Term: 12 months - repaid monthly Loan Use: To purchase a weighing machine and stock for a general shop MFI: Action Now: KenyaLoan Disbursed: Sep. 19, 2007
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« Reply To This #14 on: August 26, 2007, 11:18:01 PM » |
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Ruth Achieng has been doing machine embroidery for several years, after an apprenticeship. In addition to her own embroidering, she trains others to become embroiderers also, but this is a tedious process because she only has one embroidering machine to use for all these tasks, and it is not always in good repair. She is requesting $275 to purchase another embroidery machine, and to expand her training activities.  Ruth AchiengLocation: Kibera Slums, Nairobi, Kenya Business Name: Ruth Achieng Activity: Embroidery Loan Requested: $275.00 (Mark Agwonah Fund contributed $25) Repayment Term: 12 months - repaid monthly Loan Use: To purchase an embroidery machine MFI: Action Now: KenyaLoan Disbursed: Sep. 19, 2007
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« Reply To This #15 on: August 27, 2007, 07:50:40 AM » |
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Amos Luka Ochieno has a popular bakery business making mandazi, local doughnuts. He started his business 9 years ago with savings from employment at a stitchery company. He felt there was better opportunity for getting ahead and he believed his mandazi would be appreciated in the community. With previous loans he purchased basic cooking equipment and ingredients, and is now requesting $900 to purchase two more stoves and bulk ingredients.  Amos Luka OchienoLocation: Kibera Slums, Nairobi, Kenya Business Name: Amos Luka Ochieno Activity: Bakery Loan Requested: $900.00 (Mark Agwonah Fund contributed $25) Repayment Term: 12 months - repaid monthly Loan Use: To purchase 2 cooking mekos (stoves) and bulk stock of flour, cooking oil and baking powder MFI: Action Now: KenyaLoan Disbursed: Sep. 19, 2007
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« Reply To This #16 on: August 27, 2007, 08:00:14 AM » |
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Daniel Kioko has been a photographer for 5 years, opening his own studio in this remote area a year and a half ago. His work is popular, and he does studio portraits as well as events such as weddings. He currently has to travel a long way to Nairobi to restock, and can only purchase small amounts of film, frames, etc. at a time. This also means he has to take time off his business frequently to restock. He is requesting $750 to purchase another camera, frames, backgrounds, and more film in larger quantities, yielding both purchase economy and a time savings in not having to travel to the city as often.  Daniel KiokoLocation: Athi River Town, Kenya Business Name: Daniel Kioko Activity: Photography Loan Requested: $750.00 (Mark Agwonah Fund contributed $25) Repayment Term: 12 months - repaid monthly Loan Use: To purchase picture frames, film, colored linen and a camera MFI: Action Now: KenyaLoan Disbursed: Sep. 23, 2007
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« Reply To This #17 on: August 27, 2007, 08:06:58 AM » |
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Peninah Kimilu is a pastor's wife who has been trading in used clothing for 6 years. She has a large customer base, as she offers good quality and prices her clothing reasonably so everyone can afford her wares. In addition to providing for her own family, she aids the poorest in her congregation by offering them remainders from the clothing she does not sell, and assists them to pay rent when needed. She is requesting $725 to purchase 6 bales of used clothing as inventory.  Peninah KimiluLocation: Mlolongo settlement, Kenya Business Name: Peninah Kimilu Activity: Used Clothing Loan Requested: $725.00 (Mark Agwonah Fund contributed $25) Repayment Term: 12 months - repaid monthly Loan Use: To purchase 6 bales of secondhand clothes MFI: Action Now: KenyaLoan Disbursed: Sep. 21, 2007Journal entry received, Nov. 9, 2007
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« Reply To This #18 on: August 28, 2007, 05:29:05 PM » |
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Janet Sila is a seamstress with several years experience and her own stall in Mlolongo town. She and her husband are tailors together, and they are seeing their business increase lately. She is requesting $750 to purchase material and other supplies for her tailoring shop. She also expects to hire one more person to work in her business.  Janet SilaLocation: Mlolongo settlement, Kenya Business Name: Exodus Tailoring Activity: Tailoring Loan Requested: $750.00 (Mark Agwonah Fund contributed $25) Repayment Term: 8 months - repaid monthly Loan Use: To purchase an assortment of tailoring materials including cloth, lining, canvas, buttons and sewing thread MFI: Action Now: KenyaLoan Disbursed: Oct. 9, 2007Journal entry received, Nov. 11, 2007Journal entry received, Dec. 3, 2007
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« Reply To This #19 on: August 28, 2007, 05:38:39 PM » |
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Francisca Musyimi is a single mother of 3 who also cares for her elderly mother. She had previously owned a salon, but it was demolished by order of the government along with many other businesses located along a major highway, and she lost a considerable amount when her business was destroyed. With savings she had, she purchased construction materials to begin building rental properties on a plot of land she had previously bought. The demand for rental housing is increasing, so she foresees no problem with renting the properties once they are completed. She is requesting $850 to purchase construction supplies to finish building the rental properties she has begun.  Francisca MusyimiLocation: Mlolongo settlement, Kenya Business Name: Francisca Musyimi Activity: Construction Loan Requested: $850.00 (Mark Agwonah Fund contributed $25) Repayment Term: 12 months - repaid monthly Loan Use: To purchase construction materials including cement, iron sheets and building blocks MFI: Action Now: KenyaLoan Disbursed: Sep. 21, 2007Journal entry received, Dec. 3, 2007
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