Gladys Mensah


Status: Paid Back

$625.00   Loan Request
$625.00   Paid Back

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Gladys Mensah
Location: Mankessim, Ghana
Activity: Food Production/Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $625.00
Loan Use: Procure bags of maize.
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: May 7, 2009
Date Disbursed: Apr 29, 2009
Date Funded:May 17, 2009
Loan Ended:Nov 15, 2009

About the Country

Country:Ghana
Avg Annual Income:$2,643.00
Currency:Ghana Cedis (GHS)
Exchange Rate:1.4550 GHS = 1 USD



Gladys Mensah, 26, is married and has two children, one son and one daughter. According to her, both of her children are currently in the primary school. She lives with her children and husband in a rented apartment in a busy fishing/commercial town called Mankessim, near Cape Coast in the Central region of Ghana.


She works to provide for the family. Her husband is a car sprayer. Gladys is a food vendor. She prepares and sells Kenkey with fried fish. Gladys procures bags of maize and other ingredients from Kumasi. She sells on a table top at the local market. She has been in business for two years and wants a loan to procure bags of maize in bulk. Gladys is hopeful to expand her business and give her children the best education she can afford.


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Journal entries for Gladys Mensah


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Gladys Mensah
Location: Mankessim, Ghana

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Gladys Mensah 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 Mankessim, Ghana
May 18, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Gladys Mensah

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
August 2009 $125.00 $125.00 Repayment Received
September 2009 $125.00 $125.00 Repayment Received
October 2009 $125.00 $125.00 Repayment Received
November 2009 $187.50 $187.50 Repayment Received
December 2009 $62.50 $62.50 Repayment Received