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This is Karla, age 36. She works in teaching and has many years of experience.
Karla has identified the need to improve the condition of her house. Therefore she has requested a Kiva loan from MiCrédito to buy sand, cement, quarry stone, and iron. With this new investment, she will have a bathroom in better conditions.
One of her goals for the future is to complete her house.
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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Joann S. View original language description.
Ella es Karla, una dama de 36 años, se dedica a la enseñanza y cuenta con muchos años de experiencia. Karla ha identificado las necesidades de mejorar las condiciones de su vivienda, por ello, ha solicitado a MiCrédito un financiamiento de Kiva para comprar arena, cemento, piedra cantera y hierro, con esta nueva inversión le permitirá tener su baño en mejores condiciones. Una de sus metas a futuro es haber finalizado su vivienda.
This water and sanitation loan is part of Micrédito’s effort to improve the living standards of communities in Nicaragua. Today many Nicaraguan homes do not have access to safe water or sanitation facilities. With few hygienic alternatives available to them, families often face water pollution resulting in respiratory, gastrointestinal or skin diseases as well as river pollution due to illegal sewage piping.
By partnering with Kiva, Micredito will offer clients a water and sanitation loan, helping them access key resources to build latrines, septic tanks and sinks. By funding this loan, you are playing an important role in helping Nicarguan communities to protect themselves from diseases, improving and strengthening their emotional and physical living conditions.
MiCredito operates in both Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Kiva loans are facilitated through 2 models, partner and direct, that enable us to reach the greatest number of people around the world.
For partner loans, borrowers apply to a local Lending Partner, which manages the loan on the ground. Lending Partners are responsible for screening borrowers, disbursing loans, posting borrowers to the Kiva website for funding, collecting repayments and otherwise administering Kiva loans on the ground to borrowers.
For direct loans, borrowers apply through the Kiva website and may or may not be endorsed by a Trustee. Unlike Lending Partners, Trustees don't handle any financial transactions or have any duty to repay loans on behalf of their borrowers. Instead, Trustees take the role of providing support and business advice to their borrowers throughout the term of the loan.
A Lending Partner's average loan size is expressed as a percentage of the country's gross national annual income per capita. Loans that are smaller (that is, as a lower percentage of gross national income per capita) are generally made to more economically disadvantaged populations. However, these same loans are generally more costly for the Lending Partner to originate, disburse and collect.
Kiva loans are facilitated through 2 models, partner and direct, that enable us to reach the greatest number of people around the world.
For partner loans, borrowers apply to a local Lending Partner, which manages the loan on the ground. Lending Partners are responsible for screening borrowers, disbursing loans, posting borrowers to the Kiva website for funding, collecting repayments and otherwise administering Kiva loans on the ground to borrowers.
For direct loans, borrowers apply through the Kiva website and may or may not be endorsed by a Trustee. Unlike Lending Partners, Trustees don't handle any financial transactions or have any duty to repay loans on behalf of their borrowers. Instead, Trustees take the role of providing support and business advice to their borrowers throughout the term of the loan.
A Lending Partner's average loan size is expressed as a percentage of the country's gross national annual income per capita. Loans that are smaller (that is, as a lower percentage of gross national income per capita) are generally made to more economically disadvantaged populations. However, these same loans are generally more costly for the Lending Partner to originate, disburse and collect.
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