Jewelry A loan helped to expand her women's accessories business by purchasing more items like bangles, necklaces, etc., in bulk. Shardaben's story Shardaben is 42-years-old....

Cattle A loan helped to purchase calves. Andy Santiago's story Andy is an enthusiastic young man, 19 years old. He is single and lives with...

Agriculture A loan helped to buy yam seeds and groundnut seeds, and to pay for clearing and tilling of her farm. Rose Bong's story Rose...

Livestock A loan helped to buy some livestock. Saidahmad's story Saidahmad is 47 years old and he lives in Khuroson. He is the head of...

Agriculture A loan helped to purchase farm inputs. Ousmanou's story Ousmanou is a young man of 23 who is married and the father of a...

Agriculture A loan helped to buy taro roots(seedling), banana tube(seedling), wheelbarrow, rake, shovel, water tank, and hand gloves,. Malianive's story Malianive is a 46 year...

Charcoal Sales A loan helped to buy 17 bags of charcoal. Jamuhuri's story Jamhuri lives in the Kongowea area, north of Mombasa, Kenya. He is...

Tailoring A loan helped to buy material, threads, and buttons. Caroline's story Caroline has a tailoring business that she has been running for five years...

General Store A loan helped to buy additional stock of soap, cooking fat and rice. Gladys's story Gladys is 29 years old, married and supports...

Farming A loan helped to purchase additional farmland. Audu's story Audu is a hardworking farmer who has the ambition to expand his land under cultivation...

Personal Expenses   A loan helped to save for the family's future. Florence's story Florence is a Babban Gona maize farmer living in rural northern...

Farming A loan helped increase his farming profit margins in order to build a better house for the family. Abubakar's story Abubakar is a maize...

Food A loan helped to purchase more rice, flour, sugar, oil, onions, Maggi stock cubes, salt, ground nuts, etc. to increase her business. Ramatu's story...

Personal Housing Expenses A loan helped to purchase two Sama Sama pour flush toilets. Yakubu's story Yakubu is a 26-year-old teacher and belongs to a...

Crafts A loan helped to buy raw materials for statue making. Gyanu's story Gyanu is 36 years old. In 2010, she established her statue making...

Retail A loan helped to purchase notebooks, pens, and chalkboards. Ignace Christohe's story 43-year-old Ignace is a married father of five children. Three of them...

Personal Housing Expenses A loan helped to build a clean water facility at her home, to improve access to water for her family. Satnah's story...

Grocery Store A loan helped to purchase groceries. Jamuna's story Jamuna is 34 years old, married, and has four children. Many years ago, she established...

Grocery Store A loan helped to buy grocery goods. Mira is 41 years old. She is married and has two children aged 23 and 16....

Farming A loan helped a member to buy fertilizer and seed to increase productivity of her rice crop, which expected to increase outputs so as...

Cattle A loan helped to buy a cow and the inputs needed to grow rice, corn and beans. Pierre's story Pierre is an active 49-year-old...

Tailoring A loan helped to buy bulks of fabrics, buttons and threads and other materials. Birsen's story Birsen is divorced and has one child. She...

Fish Selling A loan helped to buy more fish and other food items to sell. Comfort's story Comfort is 39 years old, single and lives...

Dairy A loan helped to buy a dairy cow to improve her milk vending business so she can meet the high demand in her area...

Farming A loan helped to buy seeds and expand her horticultural farm business and, as a mother of five, to generate more profit and educate...

Cereals A loan helped to buy large stock of cereals such as five sacks of rice. seven sacks of maize, three of sorghum and three...

Farming A loan helped to purchase supplies and apply them to her crops. Oneida Maritza's story Oneida is 32 years old, a single mother, has...

Fishing A loan helped to buy fish trap materials like plastic screen, bamboo, nails and nylon (string). Elisea's story Elisea and her husband are engaged...

Grocery Store A loan helped to buy grocery goods. Sarita is 40 years old. In 2005, she established her grocery store business. She has already...

Grocery Store A loan helped to buy grocery goods to sell. Neeru's story Neeru is 50 years old. In 2002, she established her grocery store...