Jamie
A loan of $500 helps to purchase more bags of charcoal to increase her business.
Jamie's story
Greetings from Sierra Leone! This is 47-year-old Jamie from Torkpoi Town Branch. She is a married businesswoman with five children between the ages of 18 and 30 years old. Three currently attending school. She started this business to support her family.
Jamie runs a retail business and sells charcoal to her customers around the community. She has been in this business for the past 15 years. Jamie says that her challenge is the increase in cost of transportation in the country.
She requested this loan through BRAC Sierra Leone to purchase more bags of charcoal to increase her business. Jamie says that the extra income from this loan will help to educate her children.
In the future she would like to expand to a larger scale. She says thanks to BRAC and Kiva for their support.