Yawo is 29 years old and married with 2 children, aged 1 and 2. His wife is a tailor. Yawo has an electrical shop, named ETS MON ETOILE (My Star), focused on the selling and repairing of refrigerators. He started his business in 2000. He lives with his family in Bè-kpota but his work place […]
Samart O – Farming (Wat Kandal, Battambang Province, Cambodia)
Samart Oeurn is 45 years old. She is married with six children, aged between 29 and 5 years old. The family lives in a small village (Wat Kandal) in Battambang province, where she and her husband farm cassava and rice. Since cassava requires a year to grow and be ready for the market, they are […]
Victor Manuel B – Blacksmith (Loja, Ecuador)
Victor Manuel Barros is a blacksmith and principally makes metal fences, gates and window covers. He is 36 and has two children with his partner. Victor only managed to complete primary school as his parents could not afford for him to continue. After leaving primary school he started working as an assistant construction labourer alongside […]
Juanita G – Farming (Sta. Paz, Matalom, Leyte, Philippines)
Juanita Gata is 49 years old and has four children aged 10, 16, 19 and 28. Along with her 52 year old husband Armando, Juanita works as a rice farmer in Leyte province. In addition to rice, they also maintain banana trees and grow other fruits, all of which sold at their local public market. […]
Mrs. Kalidjata Hamsetou and Bendiara Group – Business Services (Gounghin Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
Mrs. Kalidjata Hamsetou is the leader of the Bendiara group – which includes five women, each of whom operates a small business and will be sharing in the loan and its repayment. Mrs. Hamsetou (standing center with hand raised) is married with four children aged 15 to 24 who all go to school. She is […]
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Elisabeth – Food Retail (Yaoundé, Cameroon)
Elisabeth is 30 years old. She is married and taking care of two children. She currently owns a small food shop near her home where she sells food products such as fresh fish, plantains, etc. Her business is doing well and its environment is healthy. She sought this loan to help her expand stock and […]
Dusko – Repair Service (Kosovo)
Dusko is married and the father of two children who are three and five years old. His wife takes care of their home, which is located in a minority community in Kosovo. For the last three years, he has run his own business repairing motorcycles. He started out working in front of his house, and […]
Issa – Retail (Koutiala, Mali)
Issa is 42 years old, married and lives with his wife and four children in the town of Koutiala (Sikasso Region). He has been working in retail for over 10 years, with a small store located in the Koutiala commercial center. He has built the business with the help of several loans provided through Soro […]
Andrei – Agriculture (Dneprovka, Ukraine)
Andrei lives in Dneprovka village, where he has been involved in growing vegetables for around 12 years. He has several greenhouses, where he currently grows tomatoes, cucumbers and radishes. He also works as a welder in his free time, making greenhouses for other farmers. Andrei requested a loan through HOPE Ukraine to enable him to […]
Matina & Memsu Group – Retail (Makeni, Sierra Leone)
Matina is the leader of this group of entrepreneurs – each of whom has a small business and will share in the loan received and its repayment. Matina (standing on the left) was born in Makeni city 33 years ago and is married to an accountant. They have three children, who are attending primary and […]
