A loan helped to buy four bags of potatoes, pearl millet, peanuts and beans and to save to buy another motorcycle and to employ some youth.


Antoinette's story

Antoinette is the mother of six children who are still in school. She ssells grains in an outlying market of capital which she has been doing for more than six years. She bought a tricycle motorcycle to transport her merchandise. She repaid her Kiva loan on time. She is requesting a loan to buy four bags of potatoes, of pearl millet, peanuts and beans to satisfy her customers. With the profits she plans to reinvest in her business and to save to buy another motorcycle and to employ some youth.

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Translated from French by Kiva volunteer melanie fluharty.


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