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Rowena Balboa

Start Date: May 20, 2010

Rowena Balboa is from Catmon, Cebu, Philippines. She has 1 child. She needs a loan of $200 to buy tools for her manicure and pedicure service.

Services
City:
Catmon, Cebu
Community:
Haven of Rest
Country:
Philippines
other entrepreneurs here Catmon, Cebu, Philippines

Summary

Rowena Balboa is from Catmon, Cebu, Philippines. She has 1 child. She needs a loan of $200 to buy tools for her manicure and pedicure service.

  • Top Goals To buy tools for her manicure and pedicure service
  • Children Helped 1

Rowena's Story

Rowena Balboa is in the manicure and pedicure business and also sells used newspapers. She has expressed that her access to capital is limited, making it quite difficult to invest in the growth of her businesses.

Rowena needs a loan to replace the old tools she is using in her nail salon. With a loan, she plans to improve her services and increase her customer base.

Rowena goal is to use her profits to buy food, clothing, and other basic needs for her family.

Industry Info

In areas where the poor live alongside the more affluent, businesses in the service sector can be very successful. Services include flower cultivation, tailoring/sewing, transportation, repair work, beauty salons and barber shops, and restaurants. Loans are needed to begin, expand, or sustain business with tools and supplies. Loans given to entrepreneurs in the service sector account for around 7% of our loans.

Summary

Rowena Balboa is from Catmon, Cebu, Philippines. She has 1 child. She needs a loan of $200 to buy tools for her manicure and pedicure service.

  • Top Goals To buy tools for her manicure and pedicure service
  • Children Helped 1

Rowena's Community

Summary

Rowena Balboa is from Catmon, Cebu, Philippines. She has 1 child. She needs a loan of $200 to buy tools for her manicure and pedicure service.

  • Top Goals To buy tools for her manicure and pedicure service
  • Children Helped 1

Rowena's Mid Term Update November 19, 2010

Rowena

Rowena used the money to upgrade her manicure toolkit. She tried to buy different manicure polish to attract more customers.

The loan entrusted to her have a good start. Before that, she always felt like everything that she has started would go to waste. But because of the help, she felt that she would like to strive for more.

She is paying her loan dues on schedule. Thank you for supporting Rowena and World Vision Micro!

Rowena's Final Update January 28, 2011

Rowena

From a humble start of selling newspapers, offering manicure and pedicure services. She has supplied firewood to the city.

The loan has enhanced her ability to make a business out of what she is capable of doing.

Rowena has repaid her loan in full. These loan funds are now available to help another worthy entrepreneur in her community. Thank you for supporting Clemence and World Vision Micro!

Total Amount
$200

Amount Raised To Date

$200
100%

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2 Donors

  • John
    August 12, 2010
    Contributed to 1 other loans
  • Cristiane
    September 10, 2010
    Contributed to 1 other loans

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