Mariane K. was born in 1974 at Missérété, in the Ouémé region of Bénin.Mariane is married to Philippe Ogougbe, a driver. The couple has four children all of whom attend school. For about the last seven years Mariane has been living with her husband and her children in the Finagnon neighbourhood of Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin. She shares the various family expenses with her husband.Mariane did not go to school. For the last five years Mariane has been making a living by selling food (beans eaten with bread and fish) at Cotonou, this gives her the means to feed herself and to support a small part of her children’s needs.Mariane buys her products at Dantokpa, the international market of Benin. She is a former client of ALIDé, where she obtained four credits all of which she repaid on time.Mariane’s customers are asking for more products. Therefore it is in order to develop her activity and increase the volume of her sales to improve her income, that Mariane is requesting a new loan
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