Afia Sarah


Status: Paid Back

$575.00   Loan Request
$575.00   Paid Back

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Afia Sarah
Location: Oda, Ghana
Activity: Food Market

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $575.00
Loan Use: To procure tubers of yam.
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Apr 21, 2009
Date Disbursed: Apr 16, 2009
Date Funded:Apr 21, 2009
Loan Ended:Nov 15, 2009

About the Country

Country:Ghana
Avg Annual Income:$2,643.00
Currency:Ghana Cedis (GHS)
Exchange Rate:1.4349 GHS = 1 USD



Afia Sarah, 47, is married to a photographer and has five children, three sons and two daughters. One is a teacher while the rest are in the senior high and the junior schools. She lives with the family in a rented apartment in the farming/commercial town of Achiase, near Akim Oda in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

Afia trades in foodstuffs such as yams, procuring the tubers all the way from the northern part of the country and selling them from a store in the market to food vendors and other customers. Afia has been in business for three years and is requesting a loan to expand her business. She hopes to give her children the best of educations.



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Journal entries for Afia Sarah


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Afia Sarah
Location: Oda, Ghana

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Afia Sarah by Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) in Ghana. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 5 months of this loan, Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Oda, Ghana
Apr 22, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Afia Sarah

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
July 2009 $57.50 $57.50 Repayment Received
August 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
September 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
October 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
November 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
December 2009 $57.50 $57.50 Repayment Received