Donations

Zeeshan Ali is 20 years old and lives in Singh Pura, which is an area of Lahore in Pakistan. He is single and has two brothers, one sister and mother. Two of his siblings attend school. His elder brother works and earns 14,000 rupees per month. Zeeshan runs a traditional embroidery business locally called ‘Silma Sitara’. His finished clothes are commonly worn by ladies on special occasions such as wedding events or festivals. He started this business about two years ago and manages to earn 12,000 rupees (around $115) per month. He receives orders from retailers from different markets, especially Anarkali Bazar. Zeeshan Sahib visits the retailers, who provide him with the designs they want, and then he buys the necessary clothes and beads from a local market. He wants to raise his income and needs some running capital to invest. He requested an interest-free loan to make a bulk purchase of the materials that he uses; specifically, chiffon clothes, pearls, stones, and fancy yarn in greater lengths and quantities. Thank you for helping us help Zeeshan with his business.

January 13, 2016

Mrs. Ha is a drink seller living in Phung Chi Kien, Bac Kan. She is 36 and married with one child age 15, who is attending high school. Her husband is a salaried driver with a monthly income of 160 USD. To gain more income, Mrs. Ha sells some popular types of drinks in a rented store near her house. Among the drinks she sells the most are coffee, hot tea and soft drinks. Mrs. Ha is determined to make her business grow bigger to get more income. She plans to buy 20 coffee makers, 50 big glasses and 50 smaller ones. She also intends to buy 20 kilograms of coffee powder.

January 01, 2016

Mrs. Linh is 22 and living in Group 12 of Phung Chi Kien. Her kid is nearly one and her mother-in-law is 53. Mrs. Linh’s husband helps her a lot with caring for the baby and with the business as well. Mrs. Linh hires a store where she provides haircut services. Her customers are mostly residents living nearby. She started this business just one year ago. Mrs. Linh has asked for loan to buy two new hair rinse tables and other necessary equipment. She also intends to buy shampoos and hair gel etc. The loan will greatly help her with her investment. Mrs. Linh will pay the loan back in 24 months.

January 01, 2016

Bibi Khatoon lives in Hussain Park, an area of Lahore. She is 50 years old and married with one son and one daughter. Both of her children are getting an education. Her husband works and earns 15,000 rupees per month. She decided to start her own business about five years ago. She thought she should also earn, so she can contribute income in managing household expenses. She sells unstitched cloth used to make women’s clothing, as well as ready-made clothing from her home to women who live locally. Bibi Khatoon earns a profit of around 5,000 rupees (about $48) per month. She wants to expand her business and applied for a loan which she will use to buy more clothes of the latest designs from wholesalers. The loan is for 20 months.

January 01, 2016

Mavis has asked for a loan so she can restock her stall with clothing and shoes before the festive season. One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. Mavis Denga is aged 35 with 3 children. Her husband Jacob Mutoredzanwa installs and repair baking equipment. Mavis and her husband reside in Budiriro, a suburb in Harare. Mavis is a cross-border trader and she mainly crosses to Tanzania and South Africa. In Tanzania she restocks clothes for men and women, babywear and jewellery. In South Africa she restocks kitchenware. She has been in this business for many years and this has improved her way of doing business. She joined Thrive with other business ladies and named their group Aim Higher. They went through the business trainings to enhance their business knowledge. Mavis has been aiming higher from the day they formed their group. She has received her fourth loan and she has utilized the previous loans well. The last two loans she took on an individual basis as other group members dropped off along the way. She managed to increase her business value and diversified her lines of products. She does mobile selling and her profits helped her purchase a business vehicle. This has helped her increase her mobility and efficiency to customers. Currently she is selling from the boot of her car, moving from place to place. Most children and parents enjoy festive season and spend much of their incomes and savings for the year on clothes and food. Mavis has found this consumption as an opportunity to grow her business. She is planning to capitalize on this relaxation in spending habits. She wants to go and restock clothing for both young and old and shoes from Tanzania in order to address the demand during the festive season.

December 18, 2015

Mrs. Chenda Van has been a rice farmer for ten years. Her farm land is sixteen hectares. She grows wet season rice. She collects around three tons of crops per hectare to be able to meet the market demand. Since she farms her rice paddy in a big land she invested in buy her own tractor to plough her land. She has been using her own tractor for farming for the past ten years. Using her own tractor helps her cut the farming cost and she is able to farm on time. She is applying for a loan in order to buy commercial fertilizer, insecticide, weed killer, diesel for the tractor to plough the land and cover the harvesting cost during collecting the crops.

December 09, 2015

Zeeshan Anwar is a seamstress. He is 21 and lives with parents and and one sister. He lives in Badami Bagh in the city of Lahore. His sister is studying. Zeeshan and his mother are running the business of sewing readymade clothes. He visits market to buy fabric and sewing supplements as well to get orders of work. His mother at home cut the fabric according to different sized and then stitches the clothes. Together they manage to earn 14,000 rupees per month. They are hardworking and motivated persons. Working hard to provide good education and living standard. Zeeshan requested a loan in order to purchase fabric in bulks. He hopes they could sew more clothes and earn better. He promises to pay back the loan in 17 installments.

November 16, 2015

Rashid Ali is applying for a loan so he could purchase mobile accessories and mobile cards. He has been running mobile phone shop from last 12 years. Rashid Ali lives in Lahore in an area called Badami Bagh. He is 22 years old and single. He lives with his parents, 4 brothers and two sisters. Two of his brothers of age 19-21 support their household by working and they earn 21,000 rupees per month collectively. He runs his shop in rented place (rent is 6,000 rupees). He sells cell phones cases, batteries, chargers, hands free cables, data cables, mobile pouches and calling cards. His customers are passersby and people lives around the area. He earns 12,000 rupees per month. He thinks there is demand for more products but he has no money to invest as he has been using all earnings to cover household expenses. He has applied for a loan. He will buy calling cards, used mobiles, mobile casings, and chargers from the main Mobile market.

December 09, 2010