A loan helped to purchase merchandise.


Jeannine Désirée's story

Jeannine is a 48-year-old married woman with five children. The youngest is 6 and the oldest is 29. Three of the five children are in school.

Jeannine sells retail. At her stand, there is corn, peanuts, couscous, cassava, dried beans, etc. With this loan, she will purchase pepper, three bags of peanuts, two bags of rock salt and other items to expand her business and meet her customers' needs.

The profits she will earn will allow her to better cover her children's schooling needs. She hopes to expand her business by increasing her working capital for more profitability and to better meet her children's needs.

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Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Meghan McCallum.


This loan is special because:

It gives poor business owners in Cameroon the capital to grow their businesses.



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