About the Entrepreneur
| Name: |
Hanifa Ismoilova |
| Location: |
Kairakkum, Tajikistan |
| Business Name: |
Sales of perfumes and miscellaneous small items |
| Activity: |
Perfumes |
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| Repayment Term: |
7 months - repaid monthly |
| Loan Use: |
To increase the assortment of goods and add underwear to the product selection |
Hanifa Ismoilova has been selling perfumes and “a thousand of small items” for 12 years. She has high school education. Hanifa is a widowed mother of 4 children. Each of Hanifa’s grownup children has their own family. Hanifa started her business by selling “a thousand of small items.” In 2005, she received her first MicroInvest loan. Then, she had $250 in business assets. After receiving and carefully investing multiple MicroInvest loans, Hanifa added perfumes to her product selection and moved to a cozier store under more favorable conditions. In the future, Hanifa plans to add underwear to her selection of products.
Translated from Russian by Aleksandr Zhuk, Kiva Volunteer.
Исмоилова Ханифа занимается продажей парфюмерий и тысячи мелочей вот уже 12лет. Вдова, мать четверых детей, образование среднее. Каждый из детей имеют отдельную семью. Начала свою деятельность с продажи тысячи мелочей. В 2005году начала кредитоваться в МЗФ «Микроинвест», тогда её активы составляли 250$. После неоднократного получения зама и целевого использования она добавила в ассортимент товара парфюмерию, перешла на другой магазин более уютное и с хорошими условиями. На будущее планирует добавить в ассортимент и нижнее бельё.
September 29th, 2007
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Well after a rainy day the precip has finally moved out as of late evening. There are a few sprinkles still around. Hopefully the heaviest rain is over. We are going to visit Portobello Market tomorrow. This is a street (and indoor) market where you can find antiques and collectibles. I visited the area last time I was in London and I had a good time. It is fun to see all of the "stuff" that people are selling. There are some nice antiques. You never know what you might find!
This afternoon we walked around Hyde Park. This is a LARGE park for those who have not been to London It seems to me that it is actually larger than Central Park in New York City. I would say we walked for about 2 or 3 hours. There are a lot of memorials within the park itself. We stopped by the Princess Diana Memorial. A few others as well. We also dropped by "Speakers Corner" and listened to a guy preaching. Speakers Corner is a portion of the park where people can get up and talk about anything they want. Sometimes you will have a dozen or more people talking at once. I would imagine there are a lot of politics being tossed around.
We had a great dinner at a Lebanese Restaurant. The name of the restaurant is Al Hamra. Great food. I love Lebanese food. Hard to find in Paducah!
One of the memorials in Hyde Park
I love the huge lions
So these guards in from of the Queens Palace used
to carry rifles. Not anymore. Yeesh that is a big
gun!
London now has THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of these cameras. Everywhere
you go you are on camera. They track every car and every person! Amazing
when you think about it.
All of these televisions sets have houses for sale on their screen. The screen changes
every few seconds. Soooo Tony…perhaps one day :)
September 28th, 2007
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It is a rainy day here in London. We visited an art exhibit that Doug suggested for us. Then we walked around and got wet. :) It is amazing how many cabs there are when it isn’t raining. :) I love the rain though…so it was all good. I suppose David thought so as well. At least I didn’t hear him complaining about the subject.
A few photos from today.
That would be in the classic London phone booth 
This is Beau Drummel - not sure about relation. David thinks he is
definitely related to me. I can see the resemblance.
That would be Franklin D. Roosevelt and Beau Dodson…oh and Churchill.
Churchill
September 28th, 2007
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Reporting live on the scene from Downtown London! Just a post to say we made it safely through the airport circus. It actually wasn’t all that bad.
September 27th, 2007
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We are heading for London at 2 p.m. this afternoon. We should be in the city by early evening. I spent most of the morning walking around and enjoying the fresh air. The rain has actually stopped for a little bit! Imagine that. Lot of low clouds hanging around.
You know what I love about Europe? I love the architecture of the houses. They are so colorful and detailed. Not the cookie cutter homes that we build back in the states. These houses actually have passion. You can tell that the people love to take care of their property. Lot of flowers and bushes. Roses growing up the sides of doorways. Beautiful design on the windows and doors. A lot of houses have rooftop patios. I believe Sue taught me that those are called "the widows walk". At least that is what we call them in the states.
Here are a few photos from this morning.
September 27th, 2007
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I did not sleep so well last night. I think I did better the night before. I woke up this morning to rain! It was raining when I went to bed you know. Looks like a rainy day ahead. Chilly outside as well with temperatures in the 50s.
They have one English channel here. CNN World. The problem is they keep playing the same news stories over and over again. They change it once or twice a day. Not that exciting though. I have all of the news stories memorized! They do have MTV but it is in German. I don’t know that many German words so that is no good for me. :) I did listen to their music for a couple of hours last night though. Music is music…even if I can’t understand the words.
We leave for London this afternoon. I believe our cab will be here around 2 p.m. That should put us in Britain during the early evening hours. Perhaps we can find that nice Lebanese Restaurant. I love Lebanese food.
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This is the market area of the town. Farmers bring their produce here to sell.
City center - Radoltzen, Germany
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Some of the colorful houses along the street.
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Fall is in the air.
Radoltzen, Germany
Radoltzen, Germany
City center - Radoltzen, Germany
Train pushes through Radoltzen.
I stumbled across some wildlife
I stumbled across these sheep. They appear to be eating their lunch.
Then the sheep noticed that I was taking their photograph.
Sheep paparazzi busted!
This is the hotel we are staying in. Radoltzen, Germany
September 27th, 2007
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Germany is wet. The last time I visited Germany it was wet. This time it is quite wet! So the word of the day is - yes that is correct - "WET". We have been experiencing showers all evening. It is a season of rain that has fallen upon Germany.
I walked over to the bird sanctuary and stood underneath a pier for awhile. The raindrops still managed to find their way down between the wooden planks and onto my head. :) It was nice though. I love and enjoy the rain. I have no idea why. I guess I am just weird like that. The low scud clouds drifting over the hills in the distance, the sound of raindrops hitting the lake water, a few birds singing their songs, and the distant fog hanging over the little village across the way. Nature has a way of writing her own poetry. Without our help. This scene in front of me was obviously one of those poems.
All of this made for a wonderfully calm moment. A moment of complete solitude. Peaceful. Just the way I like it. These type of spots are rare in themselves. We have all found them though. Stumbled across them i should say. We have all felt that warm feeling inside of us. A sigh of calm comes over you. You know at that moment that you are right where you are supposed to be. Just you and nature.
A boy watches
the lake in front of him
that is from left to right
A silence surrounds him
as far as the hills in front
to behind him within the trees
The water pitters
and patters
as raindrops fall
He sighs in awe
warm feelings inside
leaning against the wooden piling
The sky has grown deep
as if written for rain
wisps of fog sleeping on the hills
The voice of the wind
moves through the reeds
rustling and waking the lake
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The little lake where i watched the clouds and rain
The birds didn’t’ seem to mind the rain.
September 26th, 2007
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I woke up last night about 7 p.m. Central Time - that is about 2 a.m. here in Radoltzen, Germany. WIDE awake. My body thinks it is 7 p.m. I did manage to go back to sleep after about an hour. I chatted on-line for a bit. Caught up on the latest news from the BBC and checked out the weather of course.
Woke up this morning to a cloudy sky. Light rain was falling. More of a drip here and a drip there. Not too bad. So I packed my camera up and threw on a jacket and headed outside. The downtown city center is about a mile from where I am staying. Not a bad walk at all. It is always fun to walk around a town you are not familiar with. This town has a lot of cobblestone streets. The main city center has been cut off from vehicles. Lot of people walking around and a few bikes. I sat by the fountain for awhile and just watched people walk around.
Near the church in the center of the town there were a lot of people selling flowers, vegetables, farm produce, and a few arts and crafts. I believe the outdoor produce market is a daily event. With the dreary sky above and the bright colors of flowers and vegetables below it made for a nice walk.
I am tired now though! Perhaps a nap is in order. I guess everyone is just starting to wake up back home. It is 6 a.m. in Toronto and 5 a.m. in Paducah.
We are heading for London on Thursday afternoon. I was hoping to catch Paul Potts…the opera guy that I posted about a few months ago. He is not performing though. Perhaps another time! He does have a new cd out…I will have to see if they have it for sale in the city.
Nice foggy morning here in Southwest Germany
that would be me with the fountain art
Still a lot of flowers blooming around this small town
Some fall colors as well!
Memories of the war…
City center
Lot of flowers for sale in the produce market
September 26th, 2007
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A chilly evening here in Germany. Temperatures are now in the 50s with on and off light rain. We walked to a nice little restaurant on the Bodensee. I hope I spelled that correctly. :) Nice sunset with all of the sunrays, clouds, and rain. This is a little town…wouldn’t call it a city. Probably smaller than Paducah. Seems like a safe area though.
My sister called and said that there was heavy rain in Paducah. This is good news since we are experiencing drought across my home region. Looks like more rain through tonight. So good news for that area!
I took a few photos this evening…
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Little rowboat on the sea
Sunset in Germany
September 25th, 2007
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We arrived in Switzerland at 1 p.m. Started the journey at 6 p.m. yesterday. So not bad I guess! The plane finally left the ground around 11 p.m. last night. It was a bumpy flight…lot of bad weather. I slept most of the time though. I was worn out. So we arrived in Switzerland safely and a car picked us up and drove us to Southwest Germany. We are in the little town of Radoltzen. This is located about one hour from Zurich and it on a large lake. There is some kind of festival going on in the area. October fest I would imagine. We are staying a small Inn named Christine. There are residential houses around us. Just starting to wake up here. All is well.
Out the back door.
More later…going to eat
September 25th, 2007
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