KIVA Micro Loans Projects

• Purpose: Supporting women farmers with improved seeds and fertilizer on credit, and providing training to help them increase their harvests and incomes.
• Repayment Status: repayment to begin Oct 2026
• Expected Full Repayment: July 2028

• Purpose: Helps to unlock capital for up to 15 rural Ugandan women entrepreneurs. Each loan is tied to job creation and formalization.
• Repayment Status: repayment to begin Sept 2026
• Expected Full Repayment: Sept 2027

• Purpose: To purchase tools and materials for the furniture-making business – taking it to the next level.
• Repayment Status: $2.80 repaid
• Expected Full Repayment: Full repayment by December 2027

With only 3 years of formal education, parents did not think it important for girls to attend school. She married a carpenter, and they opened a carpentry shop in a room in their home. The whole family works in the business, which she is learning to manage more efficiently. She meets with a facilitator every 15 days to help identify goals and create an action plan to achieve them. She recently learned about the use of social media to advertise her business, customer service, acquired basic management tools and how to be a successful entrepreneur

• Purpose: Purchase a motorcycle to improve distribution and delivery services for her fruit sales business
• Repayment Status: repayment to begin in March 2026
• Expected Full Repayment: February 2027

• Purpose: Training, market access, and income support for 250+ artisans
• Repayment status – $38.27 repaid November 2025 + $96 repaid March 2026;
• Note: Awaiting revised repayment schedule

This project supports over 250 artisans in northern Peru—many of them women from indigenous communities—by providing training, access to markets, and opportunities to increase their income. By promoting a home-based work model, the initiative allows artisans to earn a living while fulfilling caregiving responsibilities. As a result, participating households living in extreme poverty have seen a 25% increase in their earnings.

• Purpose: X-ray specialist upgrading equipment to meet demand and improve healthcare access
• Repayment Status: $58.77 repaid; on schedule
• Expected Full Repayment: October 2026

Madina, a dedicated X-ray specialist serving a rural village, is seeking funding to upgrade her aging X-ray machine. With improved equipment, she will be able to produce clearer, more accurate radiographs—leading to faster diagnoses and better treatment outcomes for her community.

• Purpose: Expanding mobile money business to meet customer demand
• Repayment Status: Repayment begins December 1, 2025
• Expected Full Repayment: September 2026
• Social Impact: Gloria will volunteer 2.5 hours/week as a CAMFED Agriculture Guide, training young women in sustainable farming

To better serve her growing customer base, Gloria is expanding her mobile money business. In addition to her entrepreneurial work, Gloria is committed to giving back to her community. She will be volunteering 2.5 hours each week as a CAMFED Agriculture Guide, training young women in sustainable farming practices and helping them build resilient livelihoods.

• Purpose: to purchase fishing tools (nets, floats, lead weights) for her business making fishing nets. This loan empowers female entrepreneurs living in remote rural communities.  Previous loans have helped to greatly improve her family’s living conditions.
• Repayment Status: $33.33 repaid; on schedule
• Expected Full Repayment: February 2027

• Purpose: to purchase ingredients to produce more food to meet her customer demands. A previous loans helped her start the business. Profits were reinvested.
• Repayment Status: $80.83 repaid
• Expected Full Repayment: February 2027
• Social Impact: Gloria will volunteer 2.5 hours/week as a CAMFED Learner Guide, facilitating classes from CAMFED’s ‘My Better World’ program with students at her local secondary school, helping them to build their self esteem and motivating them to remain in school.

• Purpose: to purchase productive infrastructure – pulping machine for coffee growing business.
• Repayment Status: $31.60 repaid
• Expected Full Repayment: Flexible repayment schedule over 38 months (Dec 2028)
• What’s special about this loan: Has been in business for 8 years. She has paid off previous loan on time.  New machine important for her to process quality coffee.  Seasonally she generates 29 jobs in her community.

• Kana Group (Congo DRC) – $100
  Loaned: April 2024 | Fully Repaid: December 2024
  Helped purchase wholesale boards to supplement initial capital, supporting entrepreneurs in conflict-affected regions with limited opportunities.

• Gotitas De Esperanza 1 Group (Nicaragua) – $100
  Loaned: April 2024 | Fully Repaid: November 2024
  Funded business supplies to empower women through community support and financial training.

• Nazava Water Filters (Indonesia) – $250
  Loaned: January 2024 | Fully Repaid: May 2024
  Contributed to pre-ordering 40,000 water systems, providing safe drinking water to 200,000 people.