Each month FTW helps people in need through Kiva. We are happy to share their stories here with you!
African Chicken’s story
African Chicken is tackling the issues of poverty, hunger, and unemployment through chicken. It does this by partnering with rural women farmers in Tanzania, supplying them (for free) with baby chicks, chicken feed, training, and veterinarian support.
Ali’s story
Ali is a 42-year-old married man who lives with his family in a rented house in Sana’a governorate, Yemen. He has six children: the oldest is 18 years old, and the youngest is 8 years old.
Therefore, Ali decided to look for a financial institution to give him a loan to purchase a solar power system. He was happy to learn that Al-Amal Microfinance Bank provides interest-free loans for purchasing solar power systems. He immediately decided to visit the nearest bank branch in Sana’a governorate and apply for a 200,000 YER loan to purchase a solar power system, which includes two 150w solar panels, a 100 amp. battery, a solar charge controller, a DC/AC LED TV, bulbs and cables.
Ali is sure that his wife and children will be very happy to get electricity once again in their house. View his fund: https://www.kiva.org/lend/1119704
Joanina’s story
Joanina lives in the town of Atsabe, in Timor-Leste with her family. In 2009 she opened her kiosk working on her own. She generates a good income from selling and has been thinking of running a big business after years of being involved in her current business.
View her fund: https://www.kiva.org/lend/1119365
Emay’s story
Good day lenders! Meet one of KSPPS BMI’s clients, Emay, who is 50 years old and married with one child. Emay is a housewife. She stays at her house while taking care her daughter. Her husband has been a staff member in the village office for four years. She and her husband would like to have a better life for their children in the future.
She and her family want to live a healthy life with healthy sanitation and clean water. She is very grateful for the opportunity and wants to thank to all lenders. View her fund https://www.kiva.org/lend/1118704
I am so happy and grateful to have a service like Kiva to give through. It makes it so easy and effortless for us to help others in need. We’ve been faithfully giving to groups and individuals through Kiva every month for 18 months and running. We get letters back from the people we’ve helped updating us on how they are doing with the money we gave them. It is so hard to find easy ways to help people in need. We’ve learned the hard way that there is so much dishonesty out there. We give freely and without reservation because GOD knows that we are giving, and because we understand that there is a blessing for those who give. YES, EVEN WHEN WE OURSELVES ARE ON HARD TIMES, WE STILL GIVE. Because our faith in Good enduring in such an upside down world is JUST THAT STRONG.