
Wangninan 2 Group – Food Retail and Service (Adjroko District, Benin)
The Wangninan 2 group is based in the Adjroko district of Benin. ...

Limbikani Group – Food Retail (Salima District, Malawi)
The Limbikani group comprises 13 women aged between 20 and 45, and ...

Maziko Group – Food Retail and Service (Kasungu District, Malawi)
The Maziko credit group is based in the Kasungu district of central ...

Yankho Group – Food Retail (Kasungu, Malawi)
The Yankho credit group is based in the Kasungu district, in the ...

Wangninan Group – Food, Retail & Service (Adjroko District, Benin)
The WANGNINAN 1 Group has 44 members (43 women and 1 man, ...

Chimwemwe Group – Agriculture (Ntcheu, Malawi)
The Chimwemwe Group is based at Doviko village in Ntcheu district of ...

Sulabha M and Group – Fuel Efficient Stoves (M. Rampur, Orissa, India)
Sulabha, Bhanumati, Anjali, Baidehi, Tila and Tulasha have formed a group to ...

Puissance De Philibert Group – Retail (Trou-du-Nord, Haiti)
Marline is a merchant, and the coordinator of the group “Puissance de ...

Lavalenesi – Agriculture (Vaigaga, Samoa)
Lavalenesi is 41 years old and married with seven children. She runs ...

Kanagavalli and Group – Water and Sanitation (Tamil Nadu, India)
These five women live in a rural village in eastern India and ...

Maura L – Agriculture (Malacatos, Ecuador)
Maura Lucía Armijos Guamán is a small-scale farmer. She is 35 and ...

Amy’s Group – Clothing (Senegal)
Amy’s Group group comprises women from the same area united by good ...

Rina Naskar and Group – Solar Lamps (Jaynagar, West Bengal, India)
Lack of electricity infrastructure is one of the main hurdles in the ...

Kapurakanti Rana and Group – Fuel Efficient Stoves (M. Rampur, Orissa, India)
Kapurakanti Rana from Orissa has formed a group with Sangita Das, Para ...

Dúo Semillas De Esperanza Group – Clothing (San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala)
One member of “Dúo Semillas de Esperanza” (Seeds of Hope Duo) is ...

Echo Des Anges Group – Retail (Trou-du-Nord, Haiti)
Denise is the coordinator of her group Echo des Anges. She is ...

Lalthanpari and Group – Service & Retail (Aizawl, Mizoram, India)
A tailor by profession, Lalthanpari says, “I want everyone to wear what ...

Minu Laskar and Group – Solar Lamps (Jaynagar, West Bengal, India)
Minu Laskar and Group come from Jaynagar, a village in South 24 ...

Lalduhsaki and Group – Retail (Aizawl, Mizoram, India)
Lalduhsaki, a 44 year-old divorcee lives with her daughter in Aizawl. She ...

Shubam Soni and Group – Education (Jaipuir, Rajasthan, India)
Shubham, Vikram, Hemant, Sudhanshu and 6 others are a group of youngsters ...

Faapalagi – Clothing (Vaimoso, Samoa)
Faapalagi is a married woman with 9 children. She is requesting this ...

Abrahatsiyone – Food Retail (Washington DC, United States)
Abrahatsiyone is originally from Eritrea, in East Africa. She is a mother ...

Makerita – Agriculture (Mulivai Leauvaa, Samoa)
Makerita is a 48-year-old married woman with 6 children. She has a ...

Unión Progreso Group – Retail (Huarochiri, Peru)
The group “Unión Progreso” (Progress Union) consists of 12 enthusiastic members. Maria ...

Maranatha Group – Food Retail (Brazzaville, Congo)
Marie, age 40, is a member of the Maranatha group. Marie sells ...

San Judas Tadeo Group – Food Retail (Vicente, Oaxaca, Mexico)
San Judas Tadeo is the name of a group located in a ...

Suren – Agriculture (Shirakavan Village, Shirak Region, Armenia)
Suren is involved in agriculture. He keeps 5 cows and 50 chickens, ...

Carlos – Food Retail (Choluteca, Honduras)
Sr. Carlos, 53, lives with his wife in southern Honduras. His wife ...

Monte De Benedicion Group – Clothing (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
Francisca is a member of the group “Monte de Bendicion” (Mount of ...

Mwanamisi – Retail (Tiribe, Kenya)
Mwanamisi is 21 years old and married to Hamadi. They have two ...

José H – Agriculture (El Salvador)
José, 22, is single and works growing corn to earn income and ...

Kelvin I – Agriculture (San Carlos, Morazan, El Salvador)
Kelvin has decided to apply for a new loan because he has ...

Hijos Del Sol Group – Clothing (Independencia, Santiago, Chile)
This communal bank is called “Hijos del Sol” (“children of the sun”, ...

Nashon – Clean Water (Mumias, Kenya)
Nashon is a married man. He has five children, with ages ranging ...

Julmira – Food Retail (Liquiça, Timor-Leste)
Julmira is 28 years old and is married. She has a child ...

Dufatanye Gasiza Group – Farming (Rwanda)
Solange is 32 years old and has five children between the ages ...

Angelito – Farming (Magleticia, Echague, Isabela, Philippines)
Angelito is a 29-year-old farmer. He is still single. Despite this situation, ...

Nuri 2 Group – Food Retail (Jatinegara, Indonesia)
Ninis is 38 years old, and has 5 children, including Anggi (14 ...

Mehdi – Agriculture (Fuzuli Region, Azerbaijan)
Mehdi is an IDP (Internally Displaced Person). He is a refugee from ...

El Pedregal Group – Retail Sales (Acatlan de Perez, Oaxaca, Mexico)
Alicia is a member of the group “El Pedregal.” She is 38 ...

Vladimir – Farming (Vinogradovo, Ukraine)
Vladimir farms in Vinogradov. He has one hectare of land, three greenhouses ...

Ma. Corazon – Food Retail (Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines)
Ma. Corazon is a married woman who lives in Bago City, Negros ...

Marina – Agriculture (Huancavelica, Peru)
Marina is 37 years old and is a hardworking woman. She lives ...

Fwzy – Water Distribution (Taiz, Yemen)
Fwzy, 29 years old, is an ambitious man working in water distribution. ...

Kambi – Food Retail (Tiribe, Kenya)
Kambi is a 21-year-old single gentleman who lives with his parents in ...

Erlinda D C – Agriculture (El Salvador)
Erlinda lives with her husband and has two children, who are four ...

Arche de Noe Group – Clothing (Goma, North Kivu Province, Dem. Rep. of Congo)
Mutima is the leader and chair of the “Noah’s Ark” lending group. ...

Abelardo – Repair Service (Brownsville, Texas, United States)

For four years, Abelardo has operated El Brother Tire Shop selling new ...

Dong Hai Group – Material Services (Thanh Hoa, Vietnam)

Hoa is 38 years old. She is married and has two children. ...

Shbana’s Group – Sewing (Pakistan)
Shabana (left in photo) has applied for a loan for her sewing ...

Mufari Group – Food Retail (Goma, North Kivu Province, Dem. Rep. of Congo)
Nsimire is treasurer for the Mufari group, a courageous entrepreneur, and mother ...

Motia – Food Retail (Sana’a, Yemen)
Motia is a 24-year-old single man who lives in Sana`a, Yemen. He ...

Astou’s Group – Retail (Senegal)
The ‘banc villageois’ which houses this group was created on December 12, ...

Mujeres Progresando Group – Retail (La Paz/El Alto, Bolivia)
The “MUJERES PROGRESANDO” (Advancing women) communal bank is made up of ten ...

Segun – Renewal Energy (Lagos, Nigeria)
BlueOcean Energy and Technology Services is a subsidiary of BlueOcean Nigeria, an ...

Ghassan – Food Retail (Ain Al Helwi, Lebanon)
Ghassan is a 48-year-old married man and a father of five children. ...

Juan Pablo O L – Service, Construction (Catamayo, Ecuador)
Juan Pablo is a carpenter and welder. He is 26 years old ...

Kodjovi A V – Food Retail (Bè-kpota, Lome, Togo)
Kodjovi is a shopkeeper from Bè-kpota in the Togolese capital Lome. He ...

Sitha C – Farming (Batambang Province, Cambodia)
Sitha is 38 years old and married with four children, aged between ...

Rosalino P S – Farming (Catamayo, Ecuador)
Rosalino is a farmer from the district of San Francisco in Catamayo. ...

Justine O – Retail, Health (Pobè, Benin)
Justine is married woman, mother of 3 children, two of them still ...

Lucita R – Food Processing (Talisay, Cebu, Philippines)
Lucita is 54 years and has 3 dependents: one child and two ...

Yawo S A – Retail and Service (Adidoadin, Togo)
Yawo is 29 years old and married with 2 children, aged 1 ...

Samart O – Farming (Wat Kandal, Battambang Province, Cambodia)
Samart Oeurn is 45 years old. She is married with six children, ...

Victor Manuel B – Blacksmith (Loja, Ecuador)
Victor Manuel Barros is a blacksmith and principally makes metal fences, gates ...

Juanita G – Farming (Sta. Paz, Matalom, Leyte, Philippines)
Juanita Gata is 49 years old and has four children aged 10, ...

Mrs. Kalidjata Hamsetou and Bendiara Group – Business Services (Gounghin Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
Mrs. Kalidjata Hamsetou is the leader of the Bendiara group – which ...

Elisabeth – Food Retail (Yaoundé, Cameroon)
Elisabeth is 30 years old. She is married and taking care of ...

Andrei – Agriculture (Dneprovka, Ukraine)
Andrei lives in Dneprovka village, where he has been involved in growing ...

Matina & Memsu Group – Retail (Makeni, Sierra Leone)
Matina is the leader of this group of entrepreneurs – each of ...

Walid – Retail (Chtoura, Lebanon)
Walid is a 22-year-old, single man, who opened a convenience store in ...

Margaret – Food Retail (West Point, Liberia)
Margaret MC is a 32-year-old woman, married with three children aged 3, ...

Señor Alexander – Clothing retail (Ticuantepe, Nicaragua)
Señor Alexander, together with his wife and son, lives in the municipality ...

Altin – Agriculture (Albania)
Altin is a 27-year-old man from southern part of Albania who worked ...

Ami’s Group – Groundnut and Grain sales (Senegal)
Ami (standing right with hand raised) is a member of a group ...

Saparkul – Food Stall (Ana-Kyzyl, Özgön (Uzgen) Kyrgyzstan)
Saparkul is a 49-year-old widow with a high school education, and is ...

Daniel N M – Small Retail Business (Rongai, Kenya)
Daniel is 29 years old, married and with two small children. Unable ...

Edwin A – Agriculture (Sonsón, Antioquia, Colombia)
Edwin is a young farmer, 21 years of age. He has engaged ...

Bilal – Agricultural greenhouse supply (Palestinian Territory)
Bilal, age 29, has operated a greenhouse for the past five years. ...

Virak S and Family – Rice threshing business (Roung Village, Chengmeanchey Commune, Cambodia)
Virak is 32 years old and married to Mrs. Chanthy (shown in ...

Mujeres al Triunfo – Food and other retail (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
This is a group loan to Mujeres al Triunfo (Women to victory) ...

Maria C G – Greengrocer (Loja, Ecuador)
Maria is 35 and married with three children who all attend primary ...

Dimitri – Agriculture (Vaka, Georgia)
Dimitri is 25 years old. He lives with his wife, parents, brother ...

Faamaini – Farming (Iva, Savaii Island, Samoa)
Faamaini is 30 years old. She is married and has three children. ...

Bahrom – Farming (Shahrituz, Tajikistan)
Bahrom is 21 years old and lives with his mother. He has ...

Lydia K – Agricultural Production (Adja-ouèrè, Benin)
Lydia is 52 years old, and is a widow with 4 children. ...

El Hadji Ousmane T – Food processing (Dakar, Senegal)
Ousmane is 30 years old and single, living with his parents and ...

Elizabeth D H – Farming (Adja-ouèrè, Benin)
Elizabeth is married and has 7 children. She is 45 years old and ...

Leonardo K – Farming (Candabong, Manjuyod, Negros Oriental, Philippines)
Leonardo is 55 years and has two children aged 15 and 16. ...

Vergilio P – Trader (Cebu, Philippines)
Vergilio is a 49 year old married man with four children, aged ...

Carmelita M and Family – Farming (Sap-Sap, Sta. Rosa, Nueva Ecija, Philippines)
Carmelita is 52 and married with two children aged 30 and 18. ...

Virginia I – Food shop (El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia)
Virginia is a member of the “Las Favoritas” communal bank which has ...

Marizza – Clothing retailer (Calca, Peru)
Marizza belongs to Señor del Calvario Communal Bank, located in the district ...

Fernando – Computer services (La Paz, Bolivia)
Fernando lives in his parents’ house located in La Paz’s Tembladerani zone. ...

Buana – Artisan (Bali, Indonesia)
Buana grew up surrounded by handicrafts in Gianyar, a part of Bali ...

Lucia M – Clothing and fabric (Guatemala)
Lucia is a 36 year old single mother who studied through her ...