How I changed the world today.: Honduras

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Kiva loan to a Julia in Honduras who sews

Made a loan to Martha Julia in Honduras who has a home sewing business.

Going on a road trip for the next few weeks. Will try to change the world in micro ways.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Kiva loan to Honduras

Franklin is enterprising, honest, serious and hard working. He lives with his wife and 3 children in the south of Honduras. His business is buying and selling cattle.

Franklin needs this loan to buy more cattle, as they're selling at a good price. With this investment, he hopes his business sales increase, as he can offer more to his clients and cover their needs, and that way improve his and his family's economic situation.

Franklin hopes that in the next 2 years, his business will continue growing and consolidating so it can turn into the largest and most well-known in the area. He also hopes to continue supporting his family so that his children finish their studies and become honest people with principles and values.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Kiva loan to Honduras

Gloria is 37 years old, a mother of two children, housewife and a farmer. She has been in a common-law relationship for many years, one that gets stronger every day. Her children are still minors, one of them attends primary school. Along with her partner she is involved in the different farming activities such as: cleaning, harvesting the coffee beans, pruning, adding fertilizer and manure etc. Her parents taught her how to farm from an early age and she has been farming coffee for many years. She thanks God for having given them the opportunity to have their own land, which is located one kilometer from their house.

Gloria has requested a loan from COMIXMUL in order to buy fertilizer, manure and foliar spray fertilizer. These products are necessary to keep the leaves and the plant in good condition, thus harvesting a quality bean in the end.

Her plans are to buy a little more land on which she would plant a different, more competitive and desirable species. This would have the purpose of generating more income, boosting the family economy and offering her children a better education and higher standard of living.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Made a few loans to Honduras today to use up Kiva credit. Must put the money to work!

José Danilo is 32 years old. He lives with hie wife and son in their house located in the community of San Lorenzo, in southern Honduras.
José Danilo's business is selling bread, water and popcorn in stores. He goes in his car to different places where there are businesses that can offer his products. He is asking for the loan to buy bread, water and popcorn to re-sell.

With the help of the loan, José Danilo plans on improving his business and having more profits that will help him improve his and his family's quality of life a little.

José Danilo's dream is to keep working and getting his family ahead.

San Lorenzo, Honduras - July, 2013.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Kiva loan to Honduras

Made a Kiva.org loan to Honduras.

30 year old Fanny lives with her common law husband and 2 children. She lives with her family in the rural community of the Municipio de Nueva Frontera, in the Santa Barbará department. Fanny has 2 years of experience selling foods and groceries such as: staple grains, meats, sodas, hygiene and cleaning products, butter, sugar, churros, bread, and candy. She previously worked as a farmer along with her husband. She is requesting her second loan for $750 while she will use to buy meats, sausages, sugar, flour, butter, condiments, sodas, and detergents. This loan will help her build her capital and supply her store so she can make better profits. Her goal is to make her business grow and to be recognized in the community.

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Kiva loan to Honduras

Made a Kiva.org loan to Honduras.

Delmy is 34 years old and lives in a village in the municipality of Omoa, in the department of Cortes. She is in a civil union with her partner, with whom she has three children, whereof the two older ones go to school. Delmy has been running her own business for more than three years, selling foodstuffs, knick-knacks, and candy. Nowadays her business is better stocked, like a corner store, and she offers basic grains, soft drinks, juices, chips, sausages, school supplies, knick-knacks, etc.

This is her fourth loan and she will use the 18,000 lempiras to buy basic grains, meats, sausages, soft drinks, and other groceries to have in stock. Her plan is to grow with her business and improve it every day, so that she can offer her children a better quality of life.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Kiva loans to Honduras

Made a few Kiva.org loans to Honduras today, 5 to be exact. Still have some Kiva credit left.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Kiva loan

Cristina is 60 years old, married, and has four children. She lives in the municipality of Nueva Frontera, Santa Bárbara. She has been selling basic needs products for nine years in her corner store where she offers butter, flour, sugar, detergents, sodas, etc. This business is her source of income.

She has decided to request her fourth loan of 15,000 lempiras which she will use to invest in her business in order to have better inventory and in that way offer better products. She will buy butter, sugar, flour, cleaning products, sodas, etc. Her goal is to buy more furnishings, such as shelving, to improve her business.