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Fatmata K (the first on the right), featured borrower of Fatmata's Female Farmers Group, is a master farmer in Maborie village and has a large family of five. She is passionate about business and farming, and likes to help younger women get their start.
She 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: Fatmata, Rugiatu, Abibatu, Mariatu, Mabinty, Isatu, Marie, Kadiatu, Amie, Haja
