A loan helped a member to buy lemon juice, brooms, palm oil, and peanuts.


Naby's Group's story

These seven women use the same banc villageois, set up in July 2008 in their village. Their activity is small business.

Aramata (in the photo with her hand raised) is 44 years old, married, and mother of five children including three boys. She has been selling lemon juice, brooms, palm oil, and peanuts for over 10 years.

With this loan, she plans to buy fifteen 20-litre cans of lemon juice, five packages of brooms, ten 20-litre cans of palm oil, and 10 sacks of peanuts. She plans to use the profits from her business for the schooling of her children and to save.

In this group: Naby , Dianké , Tonghou, Alimatou M, Aramata , Satou , Mariama

Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Gina Parsons.


This loan is special because:

It empowers women in rural Senegal.



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