Microfinance - Erlinda Dotdot : Philippines

$50 of $100 raised.

Started raising funds on Feb 19, 2010

Erlinda Dotdot is from the village of Agoho in Mambajao, Camiguin Province. She is 39 years old. Erlinda is married and has 4 school-aged children. To make a living, Erlinda makes and sells snacks and other delicacies in the local community. Erlinda has been engaged in her business for over 6 years and earns approximately 4,000 PHP a month from these activities.In 2010, Erlinda joined HSPFI to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and ability to engage in business activities. Erlinda is requesting a loan of 4000 PHP to purchase the raw ingredients to make products to sell. This will be Erlinda's first loan from HSPFI. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to improve/expand her business. About HSPFI:HSPFI is one of accredited partners of Opportunity International in the Philippines. It is based in Cagayan de Oro City and is reaching out to the poor households of Northern Mindanao.*Note: To maximize efficiency and reduce costs, this loan was posted using a template to automate the translation by Kiva. Given that manual translation of entrepreneur profiles is costly, we created this template for our field staff to allow them to continue to...
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