Shorouq

Loan description:

Shorouq is 29 years old. She lives in a village called “Kofor Tholth” located near Qaleqlia. She is married and has six children.

Shorouq owns a nursery, which she has been running for three years. It has three classrooms for the children and a small room for Shorouq and the other four teachers. Her monthly revenue is approximately $700.

She has requested a loan to move her nursery to a bigger place that fits the children and has a big yard for the children to play in. She plans to increase the number of children who can attend because she is experiencing high demand from parents who live in the local area. She will use the loan to do all the maintenance and to decorate the nursery. She will also use part of the loan to buy tables and chairs for the children and to pay the annual rent for the premises. Shorouq works hard to make sure the children have a positive experience and a great learning environment and she hopes with the new nursery she will be able to accept all the new children and will not feel like she is letting down local parents.

The faces of the children at Shorouq's nursery have been blurred out for protection purposes.

Because of the relatively high cost of living in the Palestinian territories, goods and services are more expensive than in other countries where Lendwithcare works. Loans are also repaid over a longer period of time, usually 2-3 years.