Tag Archives: Asia

Anita S – Education (Balgaum, India)

Anita, is a 45-year-old woman and a mother of 3 children. she resides in a village in Belgaum district of Karnataka. she has a household size of 5 members. she does coolie work and she makes an amount of $214 a month. With this money she is not able to afford her children’s educational expenses. […]

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Sabita & Suman – Education (Jalpaiguri, India)

Sabita is a 36-years-old married woman residing in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. She has a household of 4 members and her family income is $128. With the family income, it is difficult to support the cost of education of her son, Suman, who is pursuing his graduation. She wants him to attend private coaching and […]

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Ranjita A – Education (Manipur, India)

Ranjita is a 35-year old married woman. She resides in Imphal East district of Manipur. She has a family of 4 members. She has her own business and manages to accumulate an amount of $185 per month. This loan is to help her daughter pursue her education.

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Geeta S – Education (Manipur, India)

Geeta is a 38-year-old married woman. She resides in Imphal East district of Manipur. She has a family of 4 members. She has her own business and manages to accumulate a household income of an amount of $143 per month. This loan is helping her daughter pursue formal education.

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Ramicha B – Education (Alipurduar, India)

Ramicha is a 48-year-old married woman. She resides in Alipurduar district of West Bengal. She has a family of 5 members. She helps her family and manages to accumulate an amount of $120 per month. She has a daughter pursuing formal education who will be assisted with this loan.

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Rezia W – Education (Manipur, India)

Rezia is a 35-year-old married woman. She resides in Imphal West district of Manipur. She has a family of 5 members. She has her own business and manages to accumulate an amount of $138 per month. She has a daughter pursuing formal education. Education is a very vital tool that is used in the contemporary […]

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Sulabha M and Group – Fuel Efficient Stoves (M. Rampur, Orissa, India)

Sulabha, Bhanumati, Anjali, Baidehi, Tila and Tulasha have formed a group to purchase new, reduced smoke stoves for cooking. Hailing from the village of Karnimal in Orissa, they currently cook with biofuel or wood on chulhas. This creates smoky and hazardous home environment. With a loan of Rs. 2,700 per person you can help these […]

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Kanagavalli and Group – Water and Sanitation (Tamil Nadu, India)

These five women live in a rural village in eastern India and have no home systems for water or sanitation, requiring them to regularly walk great distances for access. They have joined together to request a loan of 50,000 rupees (~$800) so that they can install clean sanitation and water systems at their homes. These […]

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Rina Naskar and Group – Solar Lamps (Jaynagar, West Bengal, India)

Lack of electricity infrastructure is one of the main hurdles in the development of rural India. India’s grid system is considerably under-developed, with major sections of its populace still surviving off-grid. Jaynagar, in district South 24 Parganas of West Bengal, despite being within a close proximity of one of India’s biggest metro cities in India, […]

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Marlou – Criminology (La Carlota, Philippines)

Marlou’s parents have taught him that education can change the life of every individual. With this inspiration he hopes to graduate from his criminology program and begin working in the police force. Marlou has the perseverance and determination to achieve his goal. He knows that with hard work he will be able to help his […]

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