A loan helped a member to buy some dishes, fabric, perfume and some shoes for resale in her neighbourhood.


Aissatou's Group's story

The group was created in the neighbourhood in 2014, the start-up date of the banc villageois. This group is made up of 5 members. They have good group relations and work in small business. Madame Aissatou, the hand raised in the photo, is the representative of the group. Fifty-seven years old, she is married and the mother of 3 children. She has been working in small business since joining the group. She buys supplies in the large cities and develops her business in her locale. With this loan she is going to buy some dishes, fabric, perfume and some shoes for resale in her neighbourhood. The profits generated by her business will be used to buy a refrigerator and some goods to make fruit juices.

In this group: Aissatou, Ndeye Fary, Aissatou, Fatou Binetou, Atta

Translated from French.


This loan is special because:

It empowers women in rural and suburban Senegal.



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