lördag 29 maj 2021

Återutlåning maj 2021

Här nedan presenters ungefär hälften av de nya låntagarna vi har valt efter maj månads återbetalningar till kivakonton. Resterande nya låntagare presenteras så fort utlåningen är avklarad. Eftersom det kom in över 1000 dollar den här månaden tar det en stund att sätta alla pengarna i arbete igen.

Nu önskar vi alla nya låntagare lycka till!


  • Women's Unity Group

    Mabombor Village, Sierra Leone

    A loan helps to pay for improved seed, organic inputs and tractor rentals, which will allow these farmers to escape subsistence by farming a larger area with higher yields.

    $25.00
  • Laura Stefanny

    Los Angeles, Paramo, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to purchase supplies to assist coffee production.

    $25.00
  • Maram

    Tulkarem City, Palestine

    A loan helps to buy a sewing machine, yarns, silk, and fabrics for her work.

    $25.00
  • Deysi Del Carmen

    El Salvador

    A loan helps to buy thread, fabric, and other supplies to increase the inventory of her tailoring business.

    $25.00
  • Santos

    Jinotega, Nicaragua

    A loan helps to sow 0.5 manzanas (3,525 SQM approx.) of carrots and maintain 0.25 manzanas (1,763 SQM approx.) of celery.

    $25.00
  • Gladys

    Bomet, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy a biodigester to turn her farm waste into resources to expand her business.

    $25.00
  • Coop De Servicios Multiples Cedros Cafe

    Jaén- Cajamarca- Perú, Peru

    A loan helps to pre-finance the sale of multiple containers of their organic coffee.

    $25.00
  • Kama's Best Female Farmers Group

    Mabombor Village, Sierra Leone

    A loan helps to pay for improved seeds, organic inputs and a tractor rental which will allow these farmers to escape subsistence by farming a larger area with a higher yield.

    $25.00
  • Gulnora

    Tursun-zoda, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to purchase fertilizer to increase her crop yield.

    $25.00
  • Laura Stefanny

    Los Angeles, Paramo, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to purchase supplies to assist coffee production.

    $25.00
  • Proadic Group

    Cochabamba, Bolivia

    A loan helps to buy a computer.

    $25.00
  • Titukulane 1 Group

    Ntcheu, Malawi

    A loan helps to buy fertilizer and seeds for Irish potatoes.

    $25.00
  • Ruth

    nyeri, Kenya

    A loan helps to gain access to cost-efficient hybrid seeds and fertilizer for crop cultivation for this woman with a good credit history.

    $25.00
  • Muhtaram

    Panjakent, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to buy a sewing machine.

    $25.00


  • Tabitha

    Kaduna, Nigeria

    A loan helps to access quality farm inputs and services.

    $25.00
  • Damaris

    Nyamira, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy farming inputs, which she will use to improve leafing in her tea farm.

    $25.00
  • Margaritas De Xejuyu Group

    San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá, Guatemala

    A loan helps to buy fertilizer and firewood.

    $25.00
  • Ana

    San Gabriel, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy seeds, farming supplies and labour.

    $25.00
  • Munara

    Tash-Aryk village, Talas region, Kyrgyzstan

    A loan helps to pay for field work to grow organic beans.

    $25.00
  • Maany

    Baniswef, Egypt

    A loan helps to buy good quality seeds for cultivating parsley, dill, and coriander which are in great demands them from traders.

    $25.00
  • Umar

    Kaduna, Nigeria

    A loan helps to access quality farm inputs and services.

    $25.00
  • Unice

    Kyenjojo, Uganda

    A loan helps to pay the workers who are employed on her banana farm.

    $25.00
  • Lizah

    ELDAMA RAVINE, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy hybrid seeds and fertilizers to use for farming, so she can sell her products and secure funds to educate her children.

    $25.00
  • Mary Nohemi

    Sensuntepeque, El Salvador

    A loan helps to pay for labor to prepare the land for planting corn and beans.

    $25.00

söndag 23 maj 2021

Medvetet och omedvetet för att få ner tempot

 


För att det ska gå lite långsammare att fylla på lagret av färdigstickat kan en sticka på mindre stickor. Det tar längre tid att sticka färdigt en barntröja på stickor 2,5 än 3,5. Här är också en överdel till en ullaklänning som jag tidigare bara stickat med tjockare stickor. Nu kan det bli barnklänningar i lite mindre storlek och det är förstås bra att ha mer än en storlek.

Ännu ett sätt att få det att gå långsammare är att sticka fel. När jag skulle påbörja ärm nummer två på den knappt halvfärdiga tröjan på bilden upptäckte jag att jag hamnat fel. Ärmen är stickad där det istället skulle vara bakstycke på tröjan. Första tanken var att strunta i det och hoppas att det skulle lösa sig i slutändan, men efter en stunds funderande övergavs den tanken. Ett skäl är förstås att det är tveksamt om slutresultatet hade blivit särskilt bra. Men det kanske viktigaste är nog ändå att se till att lagren fylls betydligt långsammare. Det ser ju ut som om det kan dröja ett år till innan alla festivaler och tillställningar där vi kan möta presumtiva kunder kommer igång igen. Då gäller det att se till att inte lagren av färdigstickat  svämmar över innan dess.

lördag 15 maj 2021

Fortsatt återutlåning april 2021

Här är de sista nya låntagarna efter april månads återbetalningar presenterade. Vi önskar dem alla lycka till!

  • Dora Elisa

    San Gabriel, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy agricultural supplies and pay for labor and rental of a reaper.

    $25.00
  • Ana Iris

    San José, Costa Rica

    A loan helps to buy supplies for her coffee crops.

    $25.00
  • Anaeufa

    Iva, Savaii Island, Samoa

    A loan helps to buy taro roots, banana tube, wheelbarrow, shovel, rake, water tank, and hand gloves.

    $25.00
  • Ailyn

    Himamaylan, Negros Occidental, Philippines

    A loan helps to buy fertilizer and other farm supplies.

    $25.00
  • Las Uvas 3 Group

    Cotzal, Guatemala

    A loan helps to plant coffee and cardamom.

    $25.00
  • Rosas De Pajales Group

    Cunen, El Quiché, Guatemala

    A loan helps to purchase a variety of thread for her weaving business.

    $25.00
  • Manuela Clemencia

    Chimbo, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy agricultural supplies.

    $25.00
  • Magaly

    San Gabriel, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy seeds, mulch, and agricultural supplies.

    $25.00
  • Mary

    Nakuru West, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy seeds and fertilizer.

    $25.00
  • Rita

    Honiara, Solomon Islands

    A loan helps to buy wheel barrow, spades, bush knives and watering cans for her farming business.

    $25.00
  • Mayte

    San Gabriel, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy a jar of onion seeds and farming inputs, and to pay wages.

    $25.00
  • Chai

    Lamduan, Surin, Thailand

    A loan helps to purchase silk thread, dye colors, and materials for weaving and selling silk cloth.

    $25.00


  • Verusca

    Matola, Mozambique

    A loan helps to buy a tractor harrow to help her increase her area of production of veggies.

    $25.00
  • Lady

    San Gabriel, Ecuador

    A loan helps to purchase agricultural inputs and manual labor.

    $25.00
  • Hellen

    Kitale, Kenya

    A loan helps to purchase farm inputs.

    $25.00


  • Sandra

    San Gabriel, Ecuador

    A loan helps to purchase farm supplies for growing potatoes.

    $25.00
  • Norsultan

    J.Rumi, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to purchase mineral fertilizers, expand business, get a good profit and improve the living conditions of the family.

    $25.00
  • Doriane

    Port Vila, Vanuatu

    A loan helps to buy white fabric and fabric paint for her business.

    $25.00
  • Gladys

    Nakuru West, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy seeds and fertilizer.

    $25.00
  • Diana

    Phalombe, Malawi

    A loan helps to buy more maize to meet her customers’ demands and increase her profit.

    $25.00
  • Rosa Melida

    Portoviejo, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy fertilizers for crops.

    $25.00
  • 08- Balmadou Group

    Senegal

    A loan helps to farm and to do trade in baskets.

    $25.00
  • 08-Diao Bah Group

    Senegal

    A loan helps market gardening of okra, eggplant, tomato and sorrel.

    $25.00
  • Bremilda

    La Cascarilla-Jaén, Peru

    A loan helps to buy soil amendments and pay for labor to weed his coffee farm.

    $25.00
  • Greti

    Cinco Unidos-Campanilla-Mariscal Cáceres-San Martín, Peru

    A loan helps to expand the area of cacao cultivation on her land.

    $25.00
  • Aziza

    Tash-Kumyr, Jalalabad region, Kyrgyzstan

    A loan helps to purchase seeds and to buy land for growing organic watermelons and tomatoes.

    $25.00
  • Batmakan

    Aksy district, Jalalabad region, Kyrgyzstan

    A loan helps to pay for field work to grow organic watermelon.

    $25.00
  • Stella

    Nakivale, Uganda

    A loan helps to buy manure to boost soil nutrition.

    $25.00
  • Mele

    Popua, Tonga

    A loan helps to buy pandanus for her weaving business.

    $25.00
  • Kimete

    Korce, Albania

    A loan helps to deal with the needed expenses for working, fertilising and planting her lands for the upcoming season, so she will be able to keep providing for her family.

    $25.00
  • Clarah

    Eldoret, Rift Valley, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy certified seeds and high-quality fertilizers.

    $25.00

söndag 9 maj 2021

Nu är det barntröjor på stickorna

 


Nu är det barntröjor i olika storlekar som gäller. Längst ner till vänster ett säkert 25-årig ufo som äntligen fått ärmar. De bruna och gröna är stickade av Tant Koftas bomullsgarn efter ett mönster som, om man stickar in starttråden och gör den enfärgad, bara ger en enda tråd att fästa. Det är förstås en fördel. Nu är det bara knapparna som fattas i fyra av koftorna. Att sy i knappar slår faktiskt att fästa trådar i tråkighet. Det finns därför en viss risk att det kan dröja innan de är inne i kaklet.

söndag 2 maj 2021

Återutlåning april 2021

 Så här ser det ut så här långt med återutlåningarna för april månad.


VI ÖNSKAR ALLA NYA LÅNTAGRE LYCKA TILL!


  • Sanoh's Best Female Farmers Group

    Matoko, Sierra Leone

    A loan helps to pay for seeds, organic inputs, and tractor rental, which will allow these farmers to escape subsistence existance by farming a larger area and producing a higher yield.

    $25.00
  • Sierra Morena's Community-Owned Bank

    Sierra Morena, Nicaragua

    A loan helps to provide working capital for farmers of a rural community-owned bank.

    $25.00
  • Blanca

    San Gabriel, Ecuador

    A loan helps to purchase: agricultural inputs and labor.

    $25.00
  • Farmers' Cooperative Of El Porvenir De Santa Rosa

    Santa Rosa, Honduras

    A loan helps to buy agriculture supplies for beans and corn farming.

    $25.00
  • Ibyiringiro Cb Group

    Rwanda

    A loan helps to buy more African fabric materials and a sewing machine.

    $25.00
  • Nueva Esperanza Group

    Santa María Chiquimula, Totonicapán, Guatemala

    A loan helps to buy two floor looms and a variety of thread.

    $25.00
  • Shahzodakhon

    Tursun-zoda, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to buy fertilizer in order to increase her crop yield.

    $25.00
  • Poko

    Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

    A loan helps to purchase balls of weaving yarn and dye and to save for her family's development.

    $25.00



  • "women's Power" Farmers Group

    Mahayrie village, Sierra Leone

    A loan helps to pay for improved seeds, organic inputs, and tractor rental, which will allow these farmers to escape subsistence by farming a larger area with a higher yield.

    $25.00
  • Angela

    San Gabriel, Ecuador

    A loan helps to buy compost and fertilizers, pay daily wages, and prepare the land.

    $25.00
  • Rasmata

    Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

    A loan helps to buy 35 balls of yarn and dye, and to save money to take care of their family.

    $25.00
  • Baromi's Best Farmers Group

    Matoko, Sierra Leone

    A loan helps to pay for improved seeds, organic inputs, and tractor rental, which will allow these farmers to escape subsistence by farming a larger area with a higher yield.

    $25.00
  • Esther

    Kenyenya, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy farming inputs such as fertilizers, which she will use to improve her banana crop production this quarter of 2021.

    $25.00
  • Khursheda

    Istaravshan, Tajikistan

    A loan helps to buy mineral fertilizers for her vegetable crops.

    $25.00
  • Ramula

    Bundibugyo, Uganda

    A loan helps to buy cocoa to sell.

    $25.00
  • Comunidad De Ruiz Group

    San Raymundo, Guatemala

    A loan helps to buy materials for sewing.

    $25.00
  • Mirriam

    Passi, Iloilo, Philippines

    A loan helps to buy fertilizer, a new variety of seeds, and other farm supplies to maintain her business.

    $25.00


  • María Elidia

    San Miguel-Las Pirias, Peru

    A loan helps to buy soil amendments and to pay day laborers to weed her coffee farm.

    $25.00
  • Mwangaza Light

    Nairobi, Kenya

    A loan helps To finance the sale of energy-efficient cookstoves and solar home solutions to Kenyan households at affordable terms.

    $25.00
  • Grupo Agrícola Tzamjuyup Sector 1 Group

    Solola, Guatemala

    A loan helps to buy land to farm.

    $25.00
  • Francis Joy

    Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines

    A loan helps to buy fertilizers and other farm supplies.

    $25.00
  • Joyce

    Sotik, Kenya

    A loan helps to buy farm inputs such as fertilizer to improve a tea crop farm.

    $25.00
  • Florine

    Faravohitra, Madagascar

    A loan helps to purchase the necessary inputs for potato cultivation.

    $25.00