Kiva Entrepreneur Christine Anyango from

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Christine Anyango Omollo, Kenya, Clothing: Used Clothing
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=112684

Christine Anyango Omollo is a 31-year-old widow who takes care of two children aged 16 ad 14. They are both in school. She sells second-hand clothes, purchased at Kibuye market (Kisumus largest open-air market) and sells them by going door to door in Nyamasaria. Her challenges are that there are so many other people also selling used clothes. and the wholesalers have raised the price of bales. Christine has thought about starting a new business to sell vegetables from Nakuru in Kibuye. Her hopes for the future are to have a big business, to send her children to university and to own her own home. In her free-time she likes to watch videos and take her children on little tours.
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In this video, you can hear me greet Christine saying "Idhi Nade", which is Luo for "How are you?" Christine responds, "Adhi maber," meaning "very good." Most people living in Kisumu descend from the Luo tribe, the same tribe as Obama's father. At the end, you will hear me fluctuate between Kiswahili and Luo saying "Asante Sana" in Kiswahili, meaning "thank you" and "Erokamano", which in Luo, means "thank you." The voices you hear in the background are people coming for a weekly K-MET borrower meeting. To see what one looks like, check out the first video in a href="http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2009/05/14/m-banking/" target="_blank"this blog post./a
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K-MET, the NGO distributing the loan, is unique in that it is not a traditional MFI. Rather, it is a development corporation focused on raising health standards in Kenya. You can read more about a href="http://www.kiva.org/about/aboutPartner?id=24" target="_blank"K-METs work./a

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Kisumu Medical & Educ...
• Kenya
• Kiva
• kiva.org
• microfinance
• micro-lending
• micro-loan
• poverty

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Insightful interview. Kenyans idea of fun is a joke every time yu ask them. I actually laughed when yu asked her that question. Yu lucky she gave an answer! Kiva is doing a good job!