A loan helped a member to buy lemon juice, palm oil, sheets, curtains, etc.


08-Soeurs Jumelles Group's story

This group created in June 2009 is made up of five members who live in the same neighborhood. They have good unity and are supportive. Retail commerce is their principal income generating business. Fatou, aged 39, with her hand raised in the photo, is the group leader. She is married and the mother of five children. With her new loan she plans to buy lemon juice, palm oil, sheets, curtains, etc. to sell. The earnings she generates will be used to support her husband take care of the family's needs.

In this group: Bintou, Dieynaba, Ndeye Thiaba, Fatou, Fatou Bintou

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Translated from French by Kiva volunteer leonardo.


This loan is special because:

It empowers entrepreneurs living in rural Senegal.



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