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Adama S (1st on right), featured borrower of Maborie's Best Female Farmers, is a master farmer in Maborie village and has a large family of nine. She is passionate about business and farming, and likes to help younger women get their start.
Adama is a seasoned farmer whose rice farming business was hard hit during Sierra Leone's 2014-2017 Ebola crisis. She has since recovered her business 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 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.
Additionally, the global COVID-19 pandemic is currently causing food shortages in some areas of Sierra Leone as imported rice becomes less accessible. A Kiva 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: Adama, Isatu, Kadiatu, Fatmata, Isatu, Mabinty, Fatmata, Yeabu, Kaday, Hassinatu
