A loan helped a member to buy clothes, shoes, honey and palm oil.


Santhiaba Mosquee Group's story

Madam Sokhna Fatimata, with her hand raised on the right of the photo, is the group representative. She is 42 years old and married with 4 children, including 2 daughters, who all attend school.

She sells clothes, shoes, palm oil and honey and buys her stock of clothes and shoes in Senegal's capital city.

Madam Sokhna Fatimata will use her profits to cover daily living expenses and the costs of her children's schooling, and put some aside as savings.

In this group: Dorothée, Fatimata Sockna, Fatoumata, Marie, Salimata, Ndeye

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Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Emma Nendick.


This loan is special because:

It empowers women in rural and suburban Senegal.



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