Svasti helped Uma Devi to be financially independent
Svasti, India: Uma Devi aged 52 lives in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She lives there with her son and his wife.
Meet Our Clients
Microfinance clients tell their stories
Sub-K helped turn a housewife into a successful entrepreneur
Sub-K, India: Saroj aged 37 years is a resident of Choti Chopad, Jaipur, Rajasthan. She lives with her husband Santosh and a son.
Svasti loans helped me grow my business, and expand to other areas!
Svasti, India: Nisha Rajendrakumar Vishwakarma lives with her husband and two children in a small house in the Vikhroli area of Mumbai in India.
A proud entrepreneur
Satin, India: Ranu Kalita, age 38 years, is a resident of Changsari, in Guwahati, Assam in India. She lives with her husband and two children.
Income secures children’s education
Bina Artha, Indonesia: Bu Iyar is one of the Group Lending clients with a success story that Bina Artha can be proud of. Her financial situation became her motivation to start a business.
Sales quadrupled
AB Bank Rwanda, Rwanda: Uwamahoro Jean De Dieu and his wife Mukankusi Joselyne started the business of selling items in 2001 with capital of RWF 500,000 (or 550 euros).
Loan-enabled tea farm
NESFB, India: Jonali Borah, 28 years, a client of NESFB/RGVN in Gohpur Branch, belongs to Ghaligaon village of Sonitpur District in India. A Class X pass, Jonali lived in a joint family and is the mother of a 3½ year old daughter.
Young female entrepreneur who follows her passion in landscape design
PRASAC, Cambodia: Before becoming a landscape designer, Meas Chanphalla was a teacher of English and painting at a private school in Phnom Penh in Cambodia.
Bought new sewing machine
Microcred, Senegal: To buy a new sewing machine and new fabrics, I borrowed 600 000 FCFA (~1,000 USD) over 6 months, and it cost me 150 000 (~250 USD) FCFA. I opened a checking account to manage my credit and a Sukaliku savings account to save some of my income. I pay back monthly my credit in branch when I have time and in Baobab points when I'm in a hurry.
It is impossible to foresee the forthcoming events, but you can plan for the future
AMK, Cambodia: A case study of Mrs. Tann Vanna, a 34 year-old woman who is a food seller in Preaek Sdei village, Lolok Sor commune, Krong Pursat, Pursat province in Cambodia.
Svasti helped us to increase the profit
Svasti, India: Maherunnisa Abdul Kadar Shaikh lives with her husband Abdul and their two children. They live in a small house in the Chembur area of Mumbai in India. Maherunnisa and her husband are both involved in the manufacture of packaging boxes for local jewellery sellers.
Lydia Mwikali: From a small-scale trader to top-notch manufacturer
KWFT, KENYA: Through her thriving relationship with KWFT, Mwikali has established a manufacturing plant that aims to have a footprint locally and internationally.
Enabled good living conditions
LOLC, Cambodia: Mrs. Sok Kunthea, 43, and her only one daughter, Son Roth, 23, are living in Korkros Village, Pech Mony Commune, Kong Pisey District, Kampong Speu Province in Cambodia.
Regaining the lost pride
Utkarsh, India: Shanti Devi (45) hails from a sleepy village of one the poorest districts of Uttar Pradesh, Jaunpur in India. As she recites her story and struggle of her life her eyes get filled with tears and at the same time her face glows with confidence and pride which she regained after 15 years of struggle.
Tafa, owner of a hardware store
Baobab: Tafa is an Ivorian entrepreneur who runs a hardware store where she sells all kinds of products.
Wear a respectful smile!
Satin, India: Rarely do you come across people who not only aspire to do something in life for themselves but want to contribute to the society and help others grow as well.
Diversified with success
BASIX Sub-K, India: Shankar Lal Patel, a 31 year-old news reporter for Rajasthan Patrika in Udaipur in India was not very happy with his earnings as a reporter and decided to diversify his business.
Loan is seed money to advance the rural living standard
AMK, Cambodia: A case study of Mrs. Chhun Ry, a 37 year-old woman living in Santepheap village, Tuol Pongro commune, Malai district, Banteay Meanchey province in Cambodia.
The orange farmer in Pursat province
PRASAC, Cambodia: Rous Sreyneang, 36, and her husband So Narin, are currently orange farmers owning 20 hectares of land at the foot of Kravanh mountains, located in Veal village, Samrong commune, Phnom Kravanh district in Pursat, a northwest province of Cambodia famous for sweet and delicious oranges.
The stable bricks businessman
AB Bank Rwanda, Rwanda: Mutemberezi Alexandre, 38 years of age, a resident of Rusororo Sector in Kigali area in Rwanda, is a bricks manufacturer.