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Sampa (first on the right), featured borrower of Sampa's Female Farmers, is a master farmer in Maborie village and has a large family of eight. She is passionate about business and farming and likes to help younger women get their start.
Though she is a seasoned farmer, Sampa's rice farming business was hard hit during Sierra Leone's 2014-2017 Ebola crisis. She has since recovered her business but only very slowly due to predatory lending and a lack of access to financing. As a result, she helped organize a group of other women who, like her, are currently trapped in a cycle of subsistence living but are highly motivated to grow.
A Kiva loan will enable this group of determined women to throw off the shackles of predatory lending, expand and prosper. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic is currently causing food shortages in some areas of Sierra Leone as imported rice becomes less accessible. This loan will empower these women to increase their local rice production and enhance food access in Sierra Leone at a time when this is badly needed.
In this group: Sampa, Fatmata, Adama, Kaday, Mbalu, Adamsay, Iye, Mbalu, Aminata, Mbalu
