A loan helped a member to develop her trade.


Kandialang Diola Group's story

Madame Noella is the group representative and mother of six children (3 boys, 3 girls) who all attend school. She is a social woman who buys dried fish and vegetables in the surrounding villages to resell at the market. The profits she earns will be used to grow her savings as well as pay her daily expenses and children's school fees.

In this group: Tété, Hidjatou, Assyatou, Maimouna, Noella

Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Thomas Callow.


This loan is special because:

It empowers women in rural and suburban Senegal.



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