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Rebecca’s group has six group leader farmers and is located in Webuye District. The group leaders in this group represent a total of 78 individual farmers (not pictured) who are each asking for an average loan of 5,349 shillings to purchase a One Acre Fund package for one quarter acre of maize and one quarter acre of sorghum or millet. As the Kiva group representative, Rebecca is pictured on the right of the group with her hand raised.
Rebecca is 31 years old and has been a farmer for 15 years. Rebecca works as a farmer to provide for her three children. The community and other farmers know Rebecca as friendly, hardworking, reliable, trustworthy and an experienced farmer. Other than farming, she is also involved in her community groups such as the women's group, savings group, prayer group, and burial committee. Rebecca described her harvest last year as excellent, but hopes she can have an even better one with the support of One Acre Fund and the other farmers in her group.
Rebecca joined One Acre Fund in 2011, and is now enrolling in the Long Rains 2014 season as a group leader. Rebecca joined One Acre Fund so that she could get the best seed prices, get new farming methods, get fertilizer and hybrid seeds, earn enough to feed family and send children to school. Because she likes being a leader and an active community member, she wants to help more farmers and spread the story about One Acre Fund farmers, Rebecca has gotten more involved with One Acre Fund as a group leader and Kiva representative. Working with One Acre Fund has improved Rebecca's life because she has more profits from harvest, has more farm training, has more farm group support, was able to save money and feed the family. In the future, Rebecca hopes that her profits from 2014 can be used to send children to school, repair the home, save for the future, buy a cow and a goat, and invest in a business.
Rebecca and her group need a loan to cover the initial costs of purchasing the seeds and fertilizer through One Acre Fund. One Acre Fund will repay the Kiva loan on behalf of the farmers through the profits from the farmers’ harvests. One Acre Fund pre-purchases the seeds and fertilizer when prices are low and passes the cost savings to the farmers. Throughout the planting and harvesting season, One Acre Fund also provides training and support to the farmers as they make payments back to One Acre Fund. With support from One Acre Fund and your loan, these farmers will have a chance at a successful harvest, increased profits and improved lives.
The field officer is also included in the photo and is standing on the left of the photo.
In this group: Rebecca, Alex, Betty, Magadlene, Florence, Margret
