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Lynn, MA 01902	Project COPE cares for individuals of all ages, through a series of educational, residential, outpatient, and other ambulatory and/or home-based programs. Of the many services and assistances it provides to individuals in need of special services, such as, substance abuse and addiction Services, behavioral health, and health education and development Services, Project Cope also provides programs involving a variety of housing support services to hard-to-reach homeless individuals, including transitional and permanent housing services.
Roxbury, MA 02119	YouthBuild Boston works with young adults in the Boston area to develop personal and career skills using innovative programs in the building trades, from design and construction to the green industry. YouthBuild Boston enhances the lives and skills of their students, encouraging them to work with integrity, confidence, discipline and aspiration. More than 1,000 graduates have been equipped with the professional skills and tools necessary to lead successful lives and further their education.
Boston, MA 02110 1210 Phone: (617) 426-5505 FAX: (617) 426-5577	Teen Voices - SHOUT (Sisters Helping Other Unheard Teens). Founded in 1988, Teen Voice's mission is to support and educate teen girls to amplify their voices and create social change through media. They do this through after-school journalism mentoring program, SHOUT!, and other publications, Teen Voices and Teen Voices Online. SHOUT! is the journalism mentoring program which results in the award-winning online and print magazine Teen Voices.
Teachers Without Borders	Teachers Without Borders works to close the education divide through teacher professional development and community education. They work in developing countries, in order to build self-reliance, health, and capacity. Teachers are the largest single group of trained professionals in the world AND the key to our children's future. Teachers need our assistance; otherwise, we are left with poverty, lack of development, and a gaping digital, educational, and economic divide. If the key to economic development and our young people's future is education, then teachers should have resources, tools, and access to the Internet, as well as each other.
Children's Hunger Relief Fund	Children's Hunger Relief Program is one of the only relief agencies still active in the remote areas of Darfur, Sudan where the needs are very critical. Thanks to compassionate people like you, CHRF were able to bring in several tons of desperately needed relief during last fall's trip. CHRF is planning another trip as soon as possible and ask that you would continue to remember the Darfuri people in your giving. Please click on one of the links below to learn more. Darfur Field Report Field Report 2
3305 Washington Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 617-524-8882	Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly is a national non-profit, volunteer-based organization committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. Little Brothers-Friends of the Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly believe in, and nurture, the philosophy that feeding the soul (with companionship, friendliness, and flowers) as well as the body (with good food) promotes both the physical and mental health of the elderly, enabling them to remain independent and avoid costly and impersonal institutional alternatives.
HopeFound Boston Jamaica Plain, MA 02130	hopeFound is dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness among men and women by helping them to achieve self-sufficiency, and to secure and maintain permanent housing.
Second Chance Shelter - Cats Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 617-522-1852	Second Chance Shelter for Cats is a no-kill home-based shelter in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Jamaica Plain and a network of loving foster homes, friends, sympathetic veterinarians and feline rescuers, working to reduce the number of homeless cats in our backyards and on our local Boston streets. Second Chance are strictly NO-KILL. They receive no state, city or federal funding, and are purely run by volunteers who give their time and money for love of the animals.
The City School Dorchester, MA 02125 (617) 822-3075	The City School develops and strengthens the power of youth to work toward building a just society. They do this through creative education and critical thinking, leadership development, action and service, and promoting understanding and relationships across difference. The City School is a vibrant and unique youth organization in Boston that brings together teenagers from Boston's diverse neighborhoods and outlying communities in programs that combine creative education and critical thinking about social justice issues with hands-on leadership, learning, reflection and action.
Home for Little Wanderers Jamaica Plain, MA 02130	The Home for Little Wanderers is a nationally renowned, private, non-profit child and family service agency. It has been part of the Massachusetts landscape for over 200 years, making it the oldest agency of its kind in the nation and one of the largest in New England. Originally founded as a orphanage in 1799 (see history for more details), The Home today plays a leadership role in delivering services to thousands of children and families each year through a system of residential, community-based and prevention programs, direct care services, and advocacy.
Boston, MA 02118	Rosie's Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women, offers emergency and long-term assistance to women who have nowhere else to turn. Founded in 1974, Rosie's Place welcomes each guest with respect and unconditional love. Rosie's Place accepts no government funds, and relies instead on committed volunteers and private supporters to accomplish its effective and innovative work.
Boston, MA 02116	Haley House is a Boston-based nonprofit organization that uses food as a vehicle to help alleviate suffering, build new skills and bring communities together. Everyone deserves to live in a safe, comfortable, and well cared for home. Haley House in Boston makes this possible by providing access to affordable housing in desirable neighborhoods. This not only fosters a sense of community, it affirms a person's dignity every time he or she comes home.
Senegal	This "banc villageois" Group \| Retail consists of women living in the same and surrounding neighborhoods. Its members are united by good social relations. They are all active in retail businesses. Diouma has been in the business of selling shoes and ready-to-wear clothes for the past five years. The profits she make will enable her to contribute towards family events, but also to pay for food for family on her mother's side.
Paraguay	The Guarani-Ka'Aguy Group \| Retail The Group is comprised of 11 hardworking and entrepreneurial women that hope to be able to get ahead and help their families by means of working together. They are the heads of their households and have to care for their homes and their families. Francisca is one of the members of the group and she tells us that every day she begins work very early in the morning and works all day. She sells all types of products door-to-door, such as bed sheets, blankets, quilts and more. Thanks to this work she has been able to help her family and provide what they need so that they are not lacking for any basic necessities.
Kyrgyzstan	Entrepreneur \| Cattle Nurgul is a member of the Myrza group. She is 51 years old, married, and has three children. Nurgul raises livestock to provide income for her family. With two milk cows she earns a monthly income of 3,000 som (KGS). In order to further develop her business Nurgul came to Bai Tushum and Partners for a 60,000 som (KGS) loan for the purchase of a milk cow. She plans to invest the profits into further expanding her herd.
El Salvador	Entrepreneur \| Food Production Maria Yamileth needs to stock up her inventory by buying firewood, corn, gas and other items she needs to keep on improving the service she offers to her customers. She says that thanks to her previous loan she succeeded in maintaining her level of sales and was able to earn money for her family, that up to now is doing very well.
Paraguay	The Ara Pyahu Group \| Clothing They are currently in the fourth cycle with a grade of excellent. It has 13 women members who work hard to be able to help their families. Cipriana is a member of the group; she sells all types of clothes. She comments that thanks to the variety she has she's managed to have a large number of customers that always buy clothes from her. Cipriana's dream is to have a great salon to sell her clothes in and to have more customers and to improve her income.
Rwanda	C 7849 TUZAMURANE Group \| Farming Pierre is the leader of this group. He is 41 years old and is married with three children. He sells rice. In the photo, he's the one who raised up his hand. He works from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, except on the weekend, every week. Pierre has 7 years of experience in this work. Pierre through Vision Finance Company in order intends to cultivate large quantities of rice for resale. With any profits, he will be able to reinvest in his business and save money for his future.
Kampong Cham province, Tbaung Khmum district, Cambodia	Sour Group \| Farming Originally from a village located in the Tbaung Khmum district of Kampong Cham province, Sour is aged 35 years and married with three children who are still dependent on her and in school. Like other villagers, maize planting is her main source of the family's income to support the family. To better support her family, sometimes she works for others for pay. She has been in her business for almost sixteen years and earns a daily income of around 8,300 KHR per day.
San Lorenzo, Paraguay	La Union Group \| Retail Retail La Union (The Union) is a committee of the town of San Lorenzo. All the members are women of the area who do their best to provide for the needs of their families. They are the heads of their households and they want to grant a better future to themselves as well as to their families.
Bujumbura, Burundi	Mwange Group \| Food Cyriaque is part of the Mwange group and lives in Rumonge, a community belonging to the Bujumbura district. He is 33 years old and is married to Devote, who is a trader of vegetables. Together they have three children, aged 3 weeks to 5 years. He has been trading palm oil for the past 18 years.
Pakistan	Nasreen's Group \| Farming Nasreen has applied for a loan from Kiva partner Asasah for her husband's business, which involves agriculture. Nasreen's husband is a farmer and grows different seasonal vegetables. He has received this skill from his father. He grows vegetables and then sells them to required customers for profits. His profession requires much struggle but in the end he receives good profits. Nasreen herself belongs to a sewing and embroidery business, but she also gives time to her family and to her household works. She has five children: three daughters and two sons. All of her children are getting their education.
MedellAn, Colombia	Entrepreneur \| Retail Leidy is a young woman who at 19 years of age is a mother of a baby just barely three months old. With the intent of giving her child everything it needs, young Leidy is beginning her own business selling merchandise from a catalog such as perfumes and body lotions. A relative taught her everything about this activity about 1-1/2 years ago. With the objective of improving her sales and securing the necessary income for supporting her family, young Leidy needs to buy merchandise to have a better display for her customers. The dream that Leidy has is to watch her child grow up and to have her own shop in a well known mall in the city.
Benin	The Dagbemabou Group \| Food The Dagbemabou Group has 12 members who all live in the same area. This is the first time that they have requested the financial assistance of Alide, and have done so to increase their business levels. The group's representative is called Celestine, and is pictured with her hand raised in the photo. She is 52 years of age and is married to a man named Bertin. The couple has 10 children, some of whom go to school and all of whom are under their care. Celestine did not go to school. To meet her needs and those of her children, she has worked for 15 years selling palm oil and, on a secondary level, corn in her region. Celestine gets her supplies from one of the markets in Benin. In order to satisfy her customers and increase her sales and income, Celestine and the other members of the Dagbemabou group have asked for their first loan.
Senegal	Senegal Food \| Fish Selling This banc villageois was created 12 months ago. Its members are all women who live in the same neighborhood, and who have been related by social and economic ties for a long time. Their main business is the processing of fish products. Dicke is a 34-year-old married mother of six children. She is pictured standing to the extreme right of the photo, dressed in a white t-shirt and black skirt. She has worked selling smoked fish for a long time, and she has fairly good experience in this area. Her new loan of 120,000 francs CFA will allow her to buy fresh fish to process, which she will sell on a retail basis in the area in which she works to customers from other areas.
Barranquilla, Colombia	Entrepreneur \| Clothing Ninoska sells clothing for women, men and children. Her business is sales based on orders, with the help of her mother she started it when she was 14 years old selling to her school friends, and previously she helped her mother in the sales of children's clothing which her mother made. With great care and little by little she has been increasing the structure of her business, she invests not only hard work but also her profits, and this is the reason it has grown. She sells to her customers on credit, who pay in bimonthly or monthly installments based on the agreement that she has with each one of them. Her business is located in her parents' home, where she lives with her two brothers. Ninoska is a very resourceful young woman; even though she studied criminology, she was not able to practice this profession and turned to her enterprising ideas that she learned in her childhood to be able to generate income for her family.
Khujand, Tajikistan	Entrepreneur \| Retail Sharafniso has been selling at her district market for over five years. She spends the profit from the business on family expenses and her children. Sharafniso is utilizing this loan to refill her store inventory with confectionery goods. She hopes to have high sales during the holidays. She is grateful to "Arvand" for the support.
Mombasa, Kenya	Entrepreneur \| Retail Rashid owns an electrical shop in Mombasa, Kenya. The business has been in operation for two years. He learned about Milango from his friends and joined the group to access funds for his business. He is utilizing the loan to buy more fans, iron boxes, and other materials. Rashid intends to save the extra income from this business in order to open a workshop in the future.
Lima, Peru	Las Brillantes De La Q Group \| Retail She has been a member of EDAPROSPO for one year and earns her living by selling clothes. Carla is 27 years old, and has two children. Carla has been in business for two years. She started her business because she wanted to provide a good education for her children and generate more income to cover their needs. Carla also provides private tutoring sessions to children. Through her work and effort, she has been able to give her children a good education. Her income currently covers the water and electricity expenses. In the meantime, her partner covers the food and education expenses. Her plans for the future are to buy a plot of land for building a house and to rent a new vending post so that she can expand her business.
La Paz, Bolivia	Emprendedores De Pampahasi Group \| Retail Carmen is the president of the Entrepreneurs of Pampahasi communal bank. All the members live in the area of Pampahasi, which is where they got the name. Carmen is a hard-working person who is supportive of her fellow members, so they elected her president. She sells collectible CDs in the area of Villa Fatima. She sells door-to-door and works with her son, who is 2 years old. In the future, Carmen wants to rent a shop in order to be able to sell her products and in this way further increase her business capital. She is very thankful for the help she is receiving
Momostenango, Totonicapan, Guatemala	Xequemeya Group \| Retail, Farming Feliza Gonzalez Mejia is married and has 2 daughters and 4 sons. She sells french fries in the center of San Francisco el Alto, Totonicapan with the help of her husband. Feliza buys her supplies in the center of Momostenago on the market days of Sunday and Wednesday, and also raises domestic animals such as cattle, cows and pigs, and sells them there. She is the coordinator of this group of women from the Jutacah farming village, Xequemeya, Momostengango in the Totonicapan Department. They are women who have been working for the last 8 years, and have decided to increase their working capital. That is the reason why they went to the ASDIR of Pologua offices- to help finance their work and thus improve the quality of their lives.
Azerbaijan	Entrepreneur \| Retail Tural Hasanli is a 30 year-old man who runs his own cafe in Agsu city. He started his business only a year ago and despite this his cafe has become very popular because of the good quality service. Tural`s monthly income is 250-300 AZN. Tural bought this place and he is now ready to renovate it. He has applied for a loan of 1,000 AZN in order to improve his working place. Tural is working very hard to meet the needs of his two children.
Ibanda, Uganda	Byabasita Tukwatanise Group\| Farming Through planning and hard work, Willy has managed a ten year old commercial agriculture business. Willy provides for all his family needs.
Nicaragua	Entrepreneur \| Retail Karla Argentina Aguirre Lopez is an enterprising who has her sales stall in the Israel Lewite Market; she sells bags, school supplies, slippers, shoes, umbrellas and soft-drinks. She is open for business from 7am until 6pm and she has an employee that tends to customers. She is married and has two children one of whom is still school-aged. She will use the funds to buy stock merchandise for her business: bags, school supplies, umbrellas, knapsacks, slippers and shoes. Karla Argentina states that all the loans from Ceprodel have been used for her business.
Pakistan Through Asasah, a partner of Save the Children	Razia Begum Asghar Ali's Group \| Retail Razia begum is very supportive to her family. Previously, she took a loan from Asasah. Her husband started a grocery shop by using the loan amount. Now she has applied again for a loan because she wants to expand his business by putting more grocery items in his shop. Razia is a seamstress by profession. She sews clothes for neighborhood clients and for her relatives as well. She receives reasonable charges from them. Her earnings help her to share the financial burden with her husband. She lives in a city called Riwind, in Pakistan with her husband and five children: two daughters and three sons. Three of the children are attending school while the other two help their family financially by doing jobs in the factory. The children couldn't get an education due to poor financial conditions.
Pakistan Through Asasah, a partner of Save the Children	Manzooran Ramzan's Group \| Clothing Manzooran lives in a small city of Vehari Pakistan. She has three children who couldn't complete their education due to a lack of financial resources. Her husband is a painter. To help support the family financially, Manzooran does domestic sewing by receiving orders from her neighbors. She earns a reasonable income from them and uses this to pay for the utilities. She is applying for a loan for her son, who sells cosmetics products. He wants to increase the variety of products that he sells by adding more creams, lotions and other cosmetics products to sell from his cart. It will help him increase sales and hence his income will be improved which will help his family to better their living standard.
Bolivia	FLAMECOS Community Group \| Retail-Medicine Meet every 28 days at Collpani, a Pro Mujer office. Its president is Gregoria Quispe, 60, who has operated a business selling "chifleria" (a herbal medicine) for two years. She needs the loan to buy merchandise. Gregoria operates her business at the La Ceja market in the Bolivian city of El Alto. Her daughter helps her and they work there every day. The other members of the community group have various sales, production and service businesses.
Philippines Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC)	Entrepreneur \| Retail Virginia Gimena is from Oroquieta City. She is 51 years old. Virginia is married and has 3 adult children. To make a living, Virginia owns & operates a business in the services sector providing waste management services. She buys & sells junk & other waste material for local businesses and community members. Virginia has been engaged in her business for over 4 years and earns approximately 7,000 PHP a month for these activities. In 2005, Virginia joined PMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and to engage in business activities. Virginia has successfully repaid a previous loan of 14,900 PHP from PMPC. Virginia is requesting a new loan of 14,900 PHP to be used to purchase additional plastics & other recyclables to sell. This will be the 6th loan taken out by Virginia from PMPC. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to improve the general living conditions of her family.
Viet Nam Through Thanh Hoa Poor Women (FPW), a partner of Save the Children	Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC) \| Farming Son Van Commune in Dong Hai, Thanh Hoa is by the side of the river. The population is dispersed, and the people suffered many hardships. Group 03 Son Van Commune, Dong Hai has 7 members. Mrs. Le Thi Thuy Van, born 1984, is group leader. Despite of young age, she is very active. She heard about the Fund and encouraged her neighbors to borrow money to find ways to change their poor lives that have long been linked to agriculture. Her husband is Mr. Nguyen Hong Trung, born 1983, and they have a small daughter. With the money, they will buy pigs and chickens to raise. They also sell fruits in spare time. Each members in the group borrows VND1,626,900 (about USD92).
San Jose De Nahuinpuquio Group Peru	The St. Joseph of Nahuinpuquio Village Bank (loan group) is loacted in Huancavelica state. This community is located on the highway to Huancayo, where "La Morenada," a traditional Carnaval dance, brings community members together. There is a lot of commerce and agriculture in the region; local produce is exported to Huancayo and other cities. Maria Victoria is married and has five children. She sells potatoes and vegetables in the Acobamba and Izachaca Markets. She says that before FINCA (Kiva's Field Partner) came, there were no loans for the people of her village, or if there were, banks asked them for property titles or other financial guarantees. With the help of her FINCA loans, Maria Victoria buys more vegetables in Huancayo and earns more. Her dream is to open a dry goods store.
Pakistan	Amna Ashiq Hussain Group Amna baji is a 48-year-old married lady who resides in the city of Borewala in Pakistan. She owns a two-room brick house which she has been living in for the past 5 years. Amna baji is an uneducated lady, but she knows the importance of education; in fact, she believes that knowledge takes a man or woman from the earth to the sky. Her husband's name is Ashiq Hussain, and he is a policeman who works at the police station nearest to her community. Amna baji has two kids: one son and one daughter. Her son works in a factory, while her daughter is in the 3rd standard. Amna baji has a medicine sales business. She has 6 years of experience in this business. Specifically, she buys medicines from the wholesale market, and she later sells such medicines to medical stores. She has already successfully repaid one prior loan from Asasah (a microfinance institute of Pakistan). Now she is applying for another loan to expand her medicine-selling business.
Peru	El Bancomunal Los Claveles de Morenita \| Clothing is located in the Huancavelica district of Yauli, Ambato. Amidst the trees and pastures, lie the chozas adobe houses made with straw. The countryside is beautiful and there are plenty of domesticated fowl in the area, hens and chickens. The principal activity of the community is the production of mantas pullas colorful belts made of synthetic fiber and also with Alpaca wool.
Kimly Chay Group Cambodia	Sala Lek Pram Village Group. Mrs. Kimly Chay is the group leader. She sells clothes in the local market. Her business activity improved largely lately, so she would like to expand her business. Unfortunately, Mrs. Kimly Chay does not have enough money to buy more new fashion clothes for her customers. Thus, she decided to ask for a loan for this purpose. Mrs. Kimly Chay is 55 and the mother of two children, one of whom owns a small restaurant where breakfast is sold to the villagers. The other one is a cake maker and seller. Her husband, Mr. Sun Erm, is unemployed and he usually assists his wife in the market.
Hussein David's Jamaica Group Tanzania	Hussein David, age 28, is married with a one year old daughter. He sells spare parts, which he started one year ago. He opens his business from 2am to 7.30pm daily and is able to make a monthly profit of about $146. Hussein has taken out 1 previous loan from Tujijenge Tanzania to increase capital for his business. He hopes to get a new loan to help increase business. Hussein will share this loan with his subgroup members selling clothes, soft drinks, beer, and clothes.
Maimuna's Makuti A Group Tanzania	Maimuna Hassan, 51 years old, is a widow with four children (ages 28, 26, 24 and 20). She has operated two businesses - a retail shop and used clothing sales - for two years now. Working from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, she is able to make a monthly profit of about $95. Maimuna took out one previous loan from Tujijenge Tanzania to start the used clothing business. She now hopes for a new loan to increase capital for both businesses. In the picture, Maimuna is third from right middle row with a black scarf.
Nasira Qasim's Group Pakistan	Nasira Quasim is 42 years old, and her husband is 50 years old. She resides in a two room brick house in the city of Kasur, Pakistan. Nasira make decorative embroidery and sells flour for a living. She has applied for a loan of $1,200 in order to expand her decorative embroidery business. She has been joined by several other entrepreneurs to form a loan group: Violet wants a loan for her paint business; Hamidan wants a loan for her shuttering business; Naziran wants loan for her cycles business; and Shaheen wants a loan for her animal food business. The loan funds will be distributed among the group members, each of whom will invest in their own businesses. The members mutually guarantee one another's loans. If one member does not repay, the other members are responsible and will make up the difference.
Girasoles Group Nicaraqua	The Girasoles Group [Sunflowers] is made up of three diligent, hard-working and decisive people. The coordinator is Mr. Dismar de Jesus Calero Hernandez who is a clothing merchant for four years now. He will invest in a greater quantity and variety of merchandise such as blouses, shirts, pants, jeans, skirts, etc. His co-members in the group are Patricia del Carmen Garcia who sells used clothing and Ana Cristina Torre who sells clothing and cosmetics, more of which she will purchase using the loan.
Amarilis Del Establo Group Peru	Mrs. Davalos Fuertes is 24 years old, she has two small children. She is part of the group " Amarilis Del Establo" whose 8 other associates live in the Ramiro Priale area, a district of Carabayllo. Mrs. Davalos Fuertes is in charge of running her grocery store, a job demanding her entire day. She began the business with the encouragement of her brother who encouraged her and assured her success. Business hasn't been bad but she continues working with enthusiasm to grow the business since this is her main source of income. Thanks to the business she can cover her familie's expenses, slowly fix up her home, and pay for her children's schooling. Her next goal is to pay off her home. The loan requested would be vested towards the purchase of beverages to stock the grocery store.
Dona Georges Djidonou Benin	Dona Georges Djidonou was born in 1975 in Aguegue, in the district of Oueme. He is married to Felicienne Kpatinvoh, a hairdresser. Georges has three children, all of whom attend school. He has lived with his family in Ekpe, in the commune of Seme-Podji, for eight years. The couple shares the family's responsibilities and expenses. George stopped attending school before high school. To support his family, he sells a variety of products, such as canned sardines, tomatoes, milk, peanut and palm oil, eggs, pasta, soap and plastic bags. His boutique is located in his home. He has had this business for five years. A seasoned client of ALIDe, he has already received and repaid three previous loans. He has requested this fourth loan to strengthen his business and improve sales which will increase his income.
Bridge over Troubled Waters Boston, MA	Bridge Over Troubled Waters's prevention, intervention, and education services. Serving 2,433 youth ages 14 - 24 each year, Bridge offers a comprehensive range of health, educational, career and housing services. Bridge is the only agency in the Boston area to provide a continuum of age-appropriate services.
ACE Roxbury, Ma	Alternatives to Community Development and Environment. REEP: Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Program. ACE builds the power of communities of color and lower income communities in New England to eradicate environmental racism and classism and achieve environmental justice. We believe that everyone has the right to a healthy environment and to be decision-makers in issues affecting our communities.
CRINE Boston, MA	CRINE is a non-profit HIV/AIDS research organization dedicated to improving the lives of people living with AIDS by publicizing new treatment options, facilitating access to life-prolonging medications, and uncovering community resources. They have been instrumental in helping Boston-area AIDS patients and their families cope with this devastating disease.
Charles River Center	The Charles River Center, provides employment and job training, residential homes, therapeutic day programs, and recreational programs for children and adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities.