A loan helped a member to buy more sugar, cooking oil, maize flour and rice.


Abishyizehamwe Cb Group's story

Colette is 47 years old and mother of five children between the ages of 5 and 22 years old. Her husband is a businessman. For the past ten years she has owned a grocery store.

Colette is the leader for the group named Abishyizehamwe CB, which in English means “People who have joined together.” Group members sell different items and own a variety of businesses.

Colette will use her loan to buy more sugar, cooking oil, maize flour and rice to sell in her community to meet customer demand. With the profit from her sales, she hopes to be able to buy a house in the near future and also expand her business.

She is thankful for the loan support.

Due to the global pandemic, Urwego was not able to photograph all the members, but was able to get one representative for the group photo.

In this group: Christine, Alphonsine, Jovia, Xaverine, Alphonsine , Daniel, Marie Claire , Colette, Esperance, Belancille, Mary, Mukankusi, Jean Baptiste , Bereta , Diane, Drocelle, Primitive, Anitha, Jean Paul


This loan is special because:

It provides financial opportunities to riskier Rwandan entrepreneurs who rely on social collateral.



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