Paki Ladies and Home Industries

I was surfing few news of Pakistan today over twitter and got to know about few ladies who are working in Pakistan and in need of loan to continue working on their projects.

Shahnaz baji wants a loan to buy material (beads, colored thread, and clothes) for her decorative embroidery business.

Sabran baji wants a loan to buy a movie camera for her movie making business. Bushra baji wants a loan to buy electric supplies (wires, switches, and switch boards) for her electric supplies business.

Suraiya baji wants a loan to buy groceries for her grocery shop.

Another Shahnaz baji is the leader of this group. She is a very caring lady. Her members are very happy with her because she supports them in their businesses. Her husband's name is Amanat ali. They have lived in the city of Arifwala, Pakistan for the past 10 years. Both of them are very hard working, and they help each other. Her husband deals with seasonal fruit. He buys fruit wholesale and sells it to the fruit shops in various towns. Shahnaz baji helps him by packing the fruit in boxes. She is applying for a loan to buy seasonal fruits to expand her husband’s fruit-selling business.

This is a group loan. The loan funds will be distributed among the group members, each of whom will invest in her own business. The members mutually guarantee one another's loans. If one member does not repay, the other members are responsible.

Story taken from Kiva whose mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.