Kessy E., age 39, is married with 4 children (ages 20, 18, 13 and 4). She sells rice, a business she started five years ago. She buys rice from upcountry and brings it to Dar es Salaam for selling. She travels twice a month and is able to make a monthly profit of around $488.
In the past, Kessy has taken out one previous loan from Tujijenge Tanzania to pay her children’s school fees. She hopes for a new loan to hire a go down (warehouse) for the storage of her rice. Kessy will share this loan with her subgroup members who sell meat, clothes, soft drinks, charcoal, and retail goods.
In the picture, Kessy is the first person standing on the right.
In this group: Kessy, Mary, Happiness, Mwanahamis, Alvera, Elina, Beatice, Afua