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Re: Microcredits to help the world
« Reply #30 on Apr 2, 2010, 6:07pm »		[Quote]
Oh, wow, things are going very well.

This is the lady selling clothes in Ecuador:

I lent : 40.00 €
Repayment rate : 11.05%
Estimated Repayment date : 12/6/2010
Reimbursed : Amount :
41.99 € 380.00 €

Here is the Vietnamese woman buying pig feed:

I lent : 50.00 €
Repayment rate : 8.33%
Estimated Repayment date : 3/7/2011
Reimbursed : Amount :
19.99 € 240.00 €

And here is the Vietnamese woman with a chicken coop:

I lent : 50.00 €
Repayment rate : 8.26%
Estimated Repayment date : 3/5/2011
Reimbursed : Amount :
19.00 € 230.00 €




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Re: Microcredits to help the world
« Reply #31 on Sept 19, 2010, 10:30am »		[Quote]
Out of my 5 projects for which I leant a total of 200€, 75€ has now been returned to me to finance new projects. I have 3 loans in Vietnam, one in Ecuador and one in Tajikistan.

I'm thinking about Cambodia and Benin.

Always so much to choose from, though...! :P

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Re: Microcredits to help the world
« Reply #32 on Sept 19, 2010, 9:58pm »		[Quote]
This is the lady selling clothes in Ecuador:

I lent : 40.00 €
Repayment rate : 11.05%
Estimated Repayment date : 12/6/2010
Reimbursed : Amount :
41.99 € 380.00 €

I don't understand. This lady had to reimburse 380.00 € for a loan of 40.00 € ?? !!
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« Reply #33 on Sept 20, 2010, 4:54am »		[Quote]
No, about 10 different people join together to make each loan. The loan was 380€ of which I provided 40€.
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Re: Microcredits to help the world
« Reply #34 on Oct 25, 2010, 4:34pm »		[Quote]
My Vietnamese microentrepreneurs are just making me richer and richer! Here are this week's credits to my account:

Thao Doan thi
Acheter de nouveaux ordinateurs - Le café Internet de Thao 3 €

Han Pham thi
Les porcs de Thi - Acheter de la nourriture pour les porcs et du riz 4 €

Sinh Nguyen thi
Les poules de Thi - Acheter de la nourriture pour la volaille 4 €
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« Reply #35 on Oct 25, 2010, 5:02pm »		[Quote]
I just lent again the other day. This is my 9th loan, this time to a woman in southern Sudan. I am still being paid back by one woman in El Salvador and a group of women in Bolivia.

Unfortunately, none of my friends answered the invitation to lend that I sent out.
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Re: Microcredits to help the world
« Reply #36 on Oct 25, 2010, 5:20pm »		[Quote]
I have to choose some new people, because I think I have close to 100€ on my account now. I can't decide if it is better to lend to a lot of people (20+20+20+20...) or give a big chunk to just one person.

But I think I prefer to spread it around as much as possible, because you receive a lot more information about what is happening. This time, I think I'm going to look for people in Africa, because the ones in Southeast Asia and South America seem to be prospering no matter what.
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Re: Microcredits to help the world
« Reply #37 on Mar 20, 2011, 11:24am »		[Quote]
I'm rich!

Vous avez été remboursé d'une partie de votre prêt sur Babyloan.

En effet, nous avons des nouvelles du ou des micro-entrepreneur(s) que vous avez soutenu(s)

Nom du micro-entrepreneur Intitulé de son projet Montant de votre remboursement
Sopheapk KEO La boutique de vêtements de Sopheapk - Acheter des vêtements pour hommes et femmes 3 €
Ambroisine AGODY La boutique d'Ambroisine - Accroître son stock 4 €
Sinh Nguyen thi Les poules de Thi - Acheter de la nourriture pour la volaille 6 €
Han Pham thi Les porcs de Thi - Acheter de la nourriture pour les porcs et du riz 6 €
Thao Doan thi Acheter de nouveaux ordinateurs - Le café Internet de Thao 3 €
Thu Doan Thi Acheter des produits - Le groupe de Thu 4 €



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Re: Microcredits to help the world
« Reply #38 on Mar 20, 2011, 1:25pm »		[Quote]
I had a look the other day. I have made 9 loans -- all those to Central and South America have been reimbursed or are in the course of being reimbursed. The lady in South Sudan and the group of women in Uganda are delinquent. I think I'll stick to South and Central America.
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« Reply #39 on Mar 20, 2011, 3:09pm »		[Quote]

Mar 20, 2011, 11:24am, kerouac2 wrote:
I'm rich!




Promise you won't spend it all in one place.
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Re: Microcredits to help the world
« Reply #40 on Oct 14, 2011, 7:01pm »		[Quote]
I was looking at my account at Babyloan and saw that the following loans in which I assisted are completely reimbursed:

Sinh Nguyen thi - Vietnam - chicken feed
Han Pham thi - Vietnam - pig feed & rice
Nurridin Usanov - Tadjikistan - computer repair equipment
Thao Doan thi - Vietnam - internet café
Katty Jasmin Ruiz Lopez - Ecuador - clothing boutique

Almost finished are the following:

Thu Doan Thi - Vietnam - 4 friends united with different professions - farmer, fisherman, equipment rental...
Ambroisine Agody - Bénin - oil, tea and ice in her village boutique
Sopheapk Keo - Cambodia - clothing shop

And still in progress are these:

Ahrorov Naim Istravshan - Tadjikistan - medicines
Koubouratou Idrossou - Togo - maize

And these are just beginning to reimburse:

Mehdi Chahih - France - village market stand
Tung Dinh Hoang - Vietnam - tailor
Josiane Gnanga - Bénin - fabrics

I just keep recycling the money as it is returned to me, and frankly I feel quite proud to think that I am doing something to help people while the normal banks are sucking people dry, losing all their money and being refinanced by the taxpayers.
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Re: Microcredits to help the world
« Reply #41 on Oct 15, 2011, 3:06pm »		[Quote]
I keep recycling my loans too, with an occasional addition if just a couple of dollars are missing.

I just had a look on my account and I have made 13 loans so far (average Kiva user 7.5) and have 2 being paid back: a woman in Nicaragua and a young guy in Colombia, both small shopkeepers.
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Re: Microcredits to help the world
« Reply #42 on Jan 27, 2012, 6:13pm »		[Quote]
Yet another big windfall for me announced today by my microcredit association!

Nom du micro-entrepreneur---------Intitulé de son projet---------Montant de votre remboursement
Josiane M. GNANGA---------------- Les pagnes de Josiane------------------------ 1 €
Ahrorov Naim/Istaravshan------- Les médicaments d'Ahrorov------------------ 3 €
Koubouratou IDROSSOU---------- Les céréales de Koubouratou--------------- 3 €

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