Hope Group


Status: Paying Back

$975.00   Loan Amount
60% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: Hope Group
Group Members: Fannyann Doherty
Dowu Walker
Eugenia Beckley
Aminata Mansaray
Augusta Nicol (not pictured)
Ened Yillah
Location: Waterloo, Sierra Leone
Activity: Poultry

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $975.00
Loan Use: Expand her business by adding to her stock of chickens
Repayment Term: 12 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Apr 20, 2009
Date Disbursed: Apr 2, 2009
Date Funded:Apr 20, 2009

About the Country

Country:Sierra Leone
Avg Annual Income:$903.00
Currency:Sierra Leone Leones (SLL)
Exchange Rate:3,090.0000 SLL = 1 USD



This is Fannyann Doherty, Dowu Walker, Eugenia Beckley, Aminata Mansaray, Augustine Nicol and Ened Yillah. They named their group Hope. This is the first loan these entrepreneurs are requesting from SMT/Kiva. Each of them is requesting a loan of Le 500,000.00. With this loan, they will be able to expand their businesses.

Fannyann Doherty (left) is the leader of this group. Fannyann is 49 years of age. She was born in Hastings, 20 miles from Freetown. She is single with four children. One of her children is already a grown-up and the other three are still in school. Fannyann is a poultry owner. She will invest this loan into her poultry business by increasing her stock of chickens. She has been in this business for six years now.





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Journal entries for Hope Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Hope Group
Location: Waterloo, Sierra Leone

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Hope Group, consisting of Fannyann Doherty, Dowu Walker, Eugenia Beckley, Aminata Mansaray, Augusta Nicol, Ened Yillah by Salone Microfinance Trust (SMT), a partner of Christian Children's Fund in Sierra Leone. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 9 months of this loan, Salone Microfinance Trust (SMT), a partner of Christian Children's Fund will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Waterloo, Sierra Leone
Apr 21, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Hope Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
July 2009 $97.50 $121.88 Repayment Received
August 2009 $97.50 $121.88 Repayment Received
September 2009 $97.50 $48.74 Repayment Received
October 2009 $97.50 $0.00 Repayment Received
November 2009 $97.50 $195.00 Repayment Received
December 2009 $97.50 $97.50 Repayment Received
January 2010 $97.50 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $97.50 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $97.50 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $97.50 Available Apr 1