A huge thanks goes out to all who invested in Girls Can’t WHAT? products this past November. We were able to use our 20% to fund two more women entrepreneurs. You can read their stories below.
To date, we have helped 29 women in reaching their dreams. For more information on Girls Can’t WHAT? and the KIVA lending program, visit our KIVA page or see our portfolio for a complete list of women we are helping around the world.
Edreda in Uganda
Edreda is fifty-one years old, a single mother of six children, living in her own permanent house in Fort Portal, Uganda. She has a retail shop and a bar and has been running it for four years after farming. Her dream is to own a wholesale shop and her hardship is limited capital. Edreda needs the loan to buy sugar, salt, and rice for resale.
Marion in Uganda
Marion is a thirty-year-old married woman with one child living in a rented house in Fort Portal, Uganda with a family dream of building her own residential home. She has been in the motorcycle business for two years and the business seems to be worth the venture after she changed over from a retail shop. Her aspiration is to own at least three motorcycles. Marion needs the loan to buy a motorcycle.
2 comments
gretchen
Are you on a KIVA team? I just started one and I’m going to be announcing it this week. I’d love to have you join us. :)
http://www.kiva.org/team/girls_cant_what
Christina Shook
I love KIVA. My 10 year old daughter and I like to fund these women. Great lessons in life there.