25,000 loans and counting
joinFITE aims to empower women into Financial Independence Through Entrepreneurship by providing them access to a loan, so that they can start or grow a business.
By giving these women a hand up, they are able to create a better life for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Read their stories, and lend your hand by investing in a woman—on us. You can direct a free $25 loan at kiva.org/women
Name: Ludmilla
Country: Ukraine
Using her loan to grow her business by buying more merchandise to sell, so that she can support her family.
Name: Eugenia
Country: Chile
Using her loan to buy more ingredients to expand her business so that she can reach her goal of opening a new location.
Name: Janet
Country: Kenya
With her loan Janet was able to hire one employee and buy new merchandise to sale.
Name: Maria
Country: USA
Using her loan to take enrichment classes that will help to grow her computer services company.
Name: Adiah
Country: Palestine
Her loan allowed her to certify her business which she hopes will increase the customer demand and support her family of six children.
Name: Fridah
Country: Kenya
Used her loan to buy a water tank and irrigation pipes that will increase her farm income, which will allow her to pay her children’s school fees.
Name: Vandadsuren
Country: Mongolia
Using her loan to increase her inventory, and her income, to cover her two son’s schooling.
Name: Veronica
Country: USA
Veronica’s loan improved her salon facilities to create a more appealing environment for new and existing clients.
Name: Esther
Country: Zambia
Used her loan to hire an employee and increase her capacity to process more daily transactions for her mobile banking business.
Name: Rosa
Country: Peru
With her loan, Rosa is buying new merchandise to sell in order to expand her business.
Name: Gerly
Country: Peru
Using her loan to buy more ingredients, supplies and fruit to increase her production of juices for her customers.
Name: Vanny
Country: Cambodia
Using her loan to purchase more farmland to increase her crop yield. Part of her income provides her children’s university tuition.
Name: Yenny
Country: Ecuador
Using her loan to increase stock in her grocery store.
Name: Zoila
Country: Peru
Zoila is using her loan to buy more products to continue her sales of fish in order to take care of her five children.
Name: Sharon
Country: USA
Sharon is using her loan to update her daycare that cares for 16 children with new supplies and basic repairs.
Name: Julieta
Country: Peru
Julieta is using her loan to buy larger amounts of groceries and staple items for her grocery store.
Name: Tatyana
Country: Ukraine
Tatyana is using her loan to expand the inventory of her shoe store to include popular shoes of the season.
Name: Fatima
Country: Lebanon
Using her loan to expand her inventory from bridal items, to also include a toy section.
Name: Mildred
Country: Sierra Leone
Mildred is using her loan to buy new items to be sold in her store that sells food and cosmetics.
Name: Teresa
Country: Mexico
With her loan Teresa plans to invest in merchandise to stock the grocery store.
Name: Magdalena
Country: Philippines
Using her loan to buy more dry goods that she will sell at the public market.
Name: Sanjor
Country: Sierra Leone
Sanjor is using the loan to buy more materials for her clothing business.
Name: Mariam
Country: Kenya
Using her loan to purchase water tanks that will expand her in-demand water services to more of her neighborhoods.
Name: Pakhshan
Country: Iraq
She is using her loan to improve her workspace as a seamstress.
Name: Karine
Country: Armenia
Karine is using her loan to buy more clothes and shoes to accomodate the season in her trading business.
