Each month the Fix the World Organization helps to fund others through Kiva. We are happy to share their stories here with you in this monthly report.

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Each Month FTW is able to give back to help others because of the support of those who follow our work. We are happy to share the stories of those we helped with you here in our monthly giving report.

FTW Helped Suy order a solar home system

A reliable person, Suy is a 56-year-old farmer living and working in Kampong Chhnang Province. He is a beloved father of four children. Three of his four children are still in his care while the other one is married. His wife is also farmer. They both try hard to improve their living conditions with a net income of about 10 USD per day after their daily expenses.

Nowadays, his family lives and gets light from candles only. Suy would like to order a solar home system to install in his home. This solar system will allow family members to gain access to clean energy and help them with light at night. They could also use a radio or TV for their entertainment.

Due to a shortage of funds, Suy requested a loan from KIVA via HKL, which he will use to buy a solar home system. Visit his fund: https://www.kiva.org/lend/1074904

FTW Helped Marissa to build a sanitary toilet for her family.

Marissa is a hardworking entrepreneur. She is married and has a food-vending business in the Philippines.

Marissa requested a loan of 10,400 PHP through NWTF to build a sanitary toilet for her family.

Marissa knows that using the sanitary toilet will ultimately reduce health and hazard risks to her family.
https://www.kiva.org/lend/1075953

FTW Gulnora to buy a new sewing machine and key supplies for her business.

Gulnora is 23 years old, a widow, and has a little child who is five years old. She lives with her parents and takes care of them. Gulnora deals in sewing. She has been working more than two years in one shop and was taught by her mother. She has a lot of satisfied customers. She has been sewing clothes with her mother’s old sewing machine at the house and now needs a new sewing machine. She lacks financial support in order to buy a sewing machine and key supplies such as such as fabric, thread, elastic, needles, etc.  https://www.kiva.org/lend/1075222

FTW helped Karlygach to purchase ten sheep for fattening and reselling.

Karlygach is 55 years old, a widow, and raising two children of school age. Karlygach has higher education. As a main income for her family, she has worked with livestock breeding and field crop cultivation since 1991.

Thanks to persistent work, Karlygach currently has five cows, 24 sheep and two horses on her farm. She also has 2.1 hectares of own land, where she grows clower and potatoes for own use and sale. The monthly income is around 14,000 som (KGS).

With an aim to further develop her business, Karlygach turned to the bank “Bai Tushum” for a loan in the amount of 30,000 som (KGS) to purchase ten sheep for fattening and reselling. She plans to invest the income from the loan in further expanding her business.  https://www.kiva.org/lend/1077748

FTW helped Noussa Asman to purchase rice, oil and other ingredients for her restaurant.

Noussa is a 29-year-old married mother to two children aged four and seven years old; both of them are currently attending public school. Her partner is still receiving profession training. The profits from her previous ventures have allowed her to acquire furnishings for her home.

Noussa runs her own small restaurant. This is her main business. In order to offer a quality service, she needs to stock a wide range of quality produce. With this third loan, in order to avoid constantly going back-and-forth for supplies, she wants to order a sufficient quantity of non-perishable raw ingredients such as rice and oil, as well as other products. Her goal is to make this restaurant her main source of income and to put aside enough savings to build her own house. https://www.kiva.org/lend/1074938

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Because of the help of generous people like you, FTW was able to help fund several people through Kiva this month. We are happy to share their stories with you here.

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Hikmatyor (above) is a young farmer from Hamadoni. At 23 years old his is actively engaged in agriculture. He is already married and he lives with his wife with his parents. His mother is on pension and his father works as an engineer. Hikmatyor started his own agricultural business three years ago and grows primarily vegetables. He likes working in the fields and enjoys an excellent harvest as a result of his hard work. Hikmatyor is asking for a loan to purchase fertilizer so he can treat the crops and have a good harvest. Hikmatyor needs your support. View his fund here: https://www.kiva.org/lend/1042334

Everline is 32 years old, married, and has two children. She is described as a very friendly person. As a group leader, Everline is representing her group of 13 farmers in Chwele District in Kenya and is very excited to be working with One Acre Fund for the first time this year.The decision to join One Acre Fund was largely a result of Everline’s desire to have access to quality training and acquire new farming methods. Apart from receiving farming inputs, she is also purchasing a solar light as part of her loan, which is very exciting to her as she will now be able to reduce the consumption of paraffin fuel and, therefore, save more money. With the profits that she gains from this year’s harvest, she plans to send her children to school.

Everline and her group will receive a total of three solar lights as well as input loans of maize and fertilizer to plant a total of 6.5 acres. View her fund here: https://www.kiva.org/lend/1054829

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Because of the help of generous people like you, FTW was able to help fund several people through Kiva this month. We are happy to share their stories with you here.

Please watch this video to see why Fix the World gives to Kiva every month:

Haitali (above) is from A. Jomi region. He is 51 years old. He is a good-natured and hardworking person who runs his own business. Haitali’s wife works side by side with him on the farm. For 15 years they have been cultivating vegetables and other melons and gourds on their plot of land next to the farm.

As you can see in the photograph, Haitali has used part of the land plot, and the remaining part is not yet sown because of insufficient funds. Haitali is requesting a loan to buy seeds, mineral fertilisers, and fuel in order to carry out sowing on the available land. He is hoping for help, and thanks you in advance for your support and understanding.  View His fund here https://www.kiva.org/lend/1042381

 

Ruzhdi wants to buy equipment that will be attached to a tractor, which he would use in his rural practice and for other villagers. He and his wife receive a total monthly retirement pension of $234. They also earn $985 a year from selling two baby calves. In the land that his family owns, they plant for their family consumption and also feed the cow/baby calves, eight sheep, and chickens. View His Fund here: https://www.kiva.org/lend/1048437 

Edilberto is enthusiastic to continue working with Kiva credits, since in this way his business has been able to continue functioning. At this time it would be useful for him to buy seeds and a backpack style fertilizer sprayer in order to complete his agricultural work. He tries to offer good service for his customers and also always have a source of income.With his previous loan he was able to stabilize his economic situation and provide a more dignified life for his family. His family situation remains the same as with his previous loan. He notes that for the time being he has not had any problems with work. View his fund here: https://www.kiva.org/lend/1045167

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Each Month FTW gives away a portion of our proceeds to help other people in need. This report is a special edition that celebrates a beautiful 2015 conclusion to a year of successful giving!  After having funded 82 groups and individuals through Kiva for the entire year, we decided to dedicate our year end giving to help kick off our new local community center!

Thanks to the help of people like you, FTW has successfully opened a community center for the poor here in Morocco. We’ve teamed up with other Humanitarian Associations to provide an array of activities to help enrich the lives of the people here in our community who need the most help.

Morocco Community Center
Humanitarian Association
Classes-Workshops-Events

The Morocco Community Center is a space shared by three Non-Governmental Moroccan Humanitarian Associations; Fix the World, Asociacion Ellas, and Asociacion Manos Solidarias.  The Center offers classes, workshops and activities to help the community. The objective of the center is to help improve the conditions of poor, vulnerable and socially excluded people particularly in the area of Diza (Martil).

Morocco Community Center 2016
List of Courses, Workshops and Activities

-Spanish Literacy
-Arab Literacy
-Computer Course
-Dressmaking Course
-Accounting Course
-Spanish-Moroccan Cooking Course
-Body Massage Course
-Reflexology Course
-Chromotherapy Course
-Introduction to Natural Therapies Course
-Crochet Workshop
-Patchwork Workshop
-Recycling Workshop
-Mosaic Workshop
-Painting on Glass Workshop
-Traditional Moroccan Embroidery Workshop
-Gardening Workshop
-Making Natural Cosmetics Workshop
-Young Inventors Workshop
-Orgonite Jewelry Making Workshop
-Cultural Trips to Other Cities
-Visits to Museums

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This story will warm your heart.  It was only a few months ago that I met a woman named Bethany, who brought to my attention a very special place in Tanzania Africa.  There is a an orphanage there that was built by a man named Kristofa Kala.

Kris was an orphan to a single parent and at a young age. He knew one day he would help kids who were just like him. Kris is a very dedicated and driven individual who spends all his time and energy ensuring the children are fed, have housing, and ongoing education. Kris is also active in creating local small businesses and inspiring community involvement.

The Children of Africa Center supports 63 Orphans and Widows with food and water. Housing assistance is provided for all, while many kids are hosted at the center, it is only so large, that means building homes is an essential part of the work. Kris is the founder and the hands on director and organizer of The Children of Africa Center. Kris is only 28 but he started working with Community Based Organization in 2003. In 2008 he built the center and has been actively maintaining it since then.

Bethany has volunteered her time and talent to put together a fund raising campaign to help the children at the orphanage. She has her own small business in web design called Shamanic Dreams. Fix the World has teamed up with Bethany and Kris to help bring awareness to The Children of Africa Center. Currently they need to raise $4,000 in a short period of time in order to ensure that the orphanage does not shut down and to be able to buy food. It they do not raise the funds, all of the children and widows will be put out on the street.

This is a local and global effort, that helps connect real people like YOU to provide an opportunity to help someone like these kids in Africa. Please hear about all the details of their story in this one hour special edition of the Fix the World Media Show. And if you can donate to the campaign, you can do so here: https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/the-children-of-africa-school-fees-for-2016

Also Visit the Children of Africa Center Facebook page for more info: https://www.facebook.com/TheChildrenOfAfricaCenter/?fref=ts

FTW Media Show Episode 12: Children of Africa Center

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