Now you have another option to directly impact the lives of Novica artists
to help build and develop their businesses: Artisan Loans.

Even a small loan makes a great difference, helping an artist achieve
the vision they have for their business and their future.

 

Victor Yao Delanyo

Master carver - West Africa

I would like to be able to increase my stock and to have the time and resources to work on new designs. The only set back I have is the financing to buy the raw materials in bulk. I spend a lot of money...

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Loan requested: $1,100

$0 funded
$1100 still needed

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Salihu Ibrahim

Master carver - West Africa

At the moment and due to the lack of sufficient funds, I need to be constantly traveling long distances to get whatever raw materials I can afford. Plus, it means I must take time off from working, so...

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Loan requested: $1,250

$0 funded
$1250 still needed

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Alexander Nyankson

Batik art - West Africa

Thanks to Novica, I've been able to create a workshop where polytechnic students and new art graduates come for their internship. I've also started organizing some street children and given them training...

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Loan requested: $900

$0 funded
$900 still needed

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Daniel Nyadedzor

African masks and woodcarving - West Africa

Before joining the Novica family, I worked under a tree with four assistants. We had to stop working during the rainy season, as the tree could not shelter us. Novica has helped me educate my children...

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Loan requested: $2,000

$25 funded
$1975 still needed

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Nono Supriatna

Puppets - Bali and Java

To grow and sell more products I need enough capital that would allow me to buy raw materials and pay the production cost to get more quantity of the items. Right now it is limited, so we can't move forward. I...

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Loan requested: $1,200

$850 funded
$350 still needed

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Marcos Luzalde

Mirrors - Andes

I need tools, machinery, tables and raw materials. I’d also use the loan to place some larger orders of raw materials in a sufficient quantity to get a good prices. This would allow me to maintain competitive...

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Loan requested: $1,500

$1,100 funded
$400 still needed

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Francis Oliveira

Recycled paper jewelry - Brazil

I need a place where I can work and store the paper. I live with my adult children and grand children, so I do not have space of my own where I could work and store the recycled material. I had started...

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Loan requested: $1,100

Fully funded!

 

Francys Ferreira

Leather Maps - Brazil

Higher quality leather, like what I need to make my maps, is more expensive when buying small quantities. So, with more capital I could buy more leather and have a larger stock to get higher sales.

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Loan requested: $1,000

Fully funded!

 

Chief Carver Nana Frimpong

Wood Carvings - West Africa

I am in need of more raw materials for production. The loan would also help purchase a wood cutting machine. I currently have several employees working at my workshop and I feel the responsibility to...

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Loan requested: $1,000

Fully funded!

 

Ernestina Oppong Asante

Wood Carvings - West Africa

It is my desire to make bulk purchases of the raw materials I use because it reduces the cost than buying them in smaller quantities. I also need machines that will assist in getting the work done quicker....

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Loan requested: $1,600

Fully funded!

 

Juliana Akandas

Wood Carvings - West Africa

My plan for the loan is to buy more raw materials. I need more raw materials to replenish my items at Novica and also sand paper machine for finishing my work.

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Loan requested: $1,500

Fully funded!

 

Asis Family

Furniture - Andes

A few years ago we were going through financial hardships that forced us to sell every piece of major machinery we had, which made our situation even worse. My father, my mother, and two of my brothers...

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Loan requested: $1,400

Fully funded!

 

Asunta Pelaez

Mirrors - Andes

At the moment I have to pay rent for the place where I set up my workshop. I would like to buy a small piece of land where I could set up my own workshop. I also need to buy some tools so that I could...

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Loan requested: $1,800

Fully funded!

 

Edmundo Contreras

Mirrors - Andes

I need to buy a radial arm saw so I can cut at an angle, and a circular saw for straight cuts. I would also use the loan to enlarge my workshop because we have little space now. The proceeds would also...

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Loan requested: $1,500

Fully funded!

 

Moises Alvarez

Furniture - Andes

I wish I had some special drills that would make it easier for me to make more precise perforations for assembling the pieces. That's because when I make them by hand it's very difficult to make them...

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Loan requested: $1,250

Fully funded!

 

Wayan Sarjana

Jewelry - Bali and Java

I really need capital in order to grow and sell more products. I will use the loan to buy materials, fix our workshop and buy some more tools. That way my workshop would be fit to have more people working...

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Loan requested: $1,350

Fully funded!

 

Handaru Baskoro

Batik Decor - Bali and Java

UPDATE FROM OUR BALI & JAVA OFFICE: Handaru's home and workshop in Java were recently hit by a typhoon. He's okay, but the workshop was destroyed and the roof was blown off his house. He's been working...

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Loan requested: $1,500

Fully funded!

 

Pande Made Anom

Carvings - Bali and Java

I want to grow more, but I can’t do it because I can’t afford to buy raw materials and I can’t afford to pay more carvers to work with me. I need capital to make it happen. I will use the loan to buy...

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Loan requested: $1,400

Fully funded!

 

Sukartini

Jewelry - Bali and Java

I cannot make as many products as I would like right now because I am financially limited. I can't buy more materials than what I earn now. I need capital to grow more. I will use the loan to buy materials,...

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Loan requested: $1,500

Fully funded!

 

Pedro and Maria

Ceramics - Mexico

What we need most is to have money to invest in producing more items. All of our earnings from our sales go into providing for the home and for the children's school uniforms, books and supplies. If...

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Loan requested: $1,200

Fully funded!

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