A loan helped a member to buy dresses, pants, and t-shirts to resell in her neighborhood.


Fatou's Group's story

The group was created in 2011 when the village bank was set up. The group is made up of several women from the same neighborhood. They have good cohesion in the group and are active in small businesses.
Diouma, on the right of the photo with the raised hand, is the representative. She is 26 years old. She is married and mother of 4 children including 1 daughter.
She has been in the clothing business for years. She gets her supplies in the capital and conducts her business in her area.
With her loan, she will buy dresses, pants, and t-shirts to resell them in her neighborhood. Her profits will be used for food and the payment of school fees for her children.

In this group: Fatou, Khady , Ndella, Khemesse , Hawa Abdou, Sokhna, Dado, Sokhna Mously, Tening, Maguette, Aminata, Seynabou, Bouya Khady, Mboyo, Ndeye, Ndiare, Selbe, Egue, Daba, Diouma, Malado, Marie, Mame Binta, Thioro, Fatou, Aissatou, Awa Fatou, Diouma, Khady, Seynabou

Translated from French.


This loan is special because:

It empowers women in rural and suburban Senegal.



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