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The Allah Kan Dèmè group comprises six women, one of whom is single and the other five married, - the majority in monogomous marriages - living in the Hamdallaye area of the town of Ségou (in the 4th administrative region of the Republic of Mali). They are on average 34 years old with 3 children. They met each other through neighbours and through their businesses, and they sell a variety of products. Having repaid their first joint loan without any problem, they are now on their second loan with a view to diversifying and making their business profitable. This loan will be used to buy 3 pieces of 30-meter long white bazin, 10 wax-printed loincloths, 35 items of children's clothing (baby clothes, dresses, trouser suits, skirt suits), 20 sets of chains, earrings, bracelets and some rings, 12 bottles of varnish, 12 khol pencils, 250kg of rice and 500kg of "fabourama" tubers. Most of the time they get their supplies from the Château de Ségou market, from the fairworkers coming from Massigui, and at Niono. They sell their goods at the same Château de Ségou market, the wax-printed loincloths while walking through the Hamdallaye neighbourhoods and the "fabourama" at the market in Médine. The goods are sold for cash and on credit to both male and female customers. They are expecting to make an average monthly profit of 27,835 FCFA which will be used to repay loans, and also to contribute to household expenses and social events (baptisms, marriages, circumcisions and funerals), the purchase of items which will gradually make up young girls' marriage trousseaux as well as the building up of savings.
In this group: Rokia, Oumou, Zarra, Sitan , Fatoumata, Oumou
Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Alison Le Bras. View original language description.
