A loan helped a member to stock up on 40 pairs of shoes.


Blessing Group's story

Aimerance is a shopkeeper, president of the "Blessing" borrowing group. She is a 39-year-old client of the Hekima MFI. She is married, mother of seven children, five of whom are studying and two of whom are still young.

She has been selling used shoes at a city market for the last 10 years. She will stock up on 40 pairs of shoes to strengthen her business and provide her clients with good quality shoes. She will use the profits to cover her basic needs.

She received her first funding from her husband. She wants to become a wholesaler, to put her children to school and to feed them. In the end, she would like to thank Hekima and its partners for supporting non-bankable entrepreneurs.

In this group: Solange, Joseph, Riziki, Aimerance, Mapendo, Julienne, Jacqueline, Salome, Simoni, Sara, Kituki, Shannel, Elise, Seba, Julienne, Sifa, Edite, Prosper, Rosette

Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Micol Werner.


This loan is special because:

It serves entrepreneurs in conflict-affected areas with few opportunities.



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