Bertha Akley


Status: Paid Back

$425.00   Loan Request
$425.00   Paid Back

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Bertha Akley
Location: Kasoa, Ghana
Activity: Charcoal Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $425.00
Loan Use: To buy a bulk supply of charcoal and vegetables
Repayment Term: 7 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: May 27, 2009
Date Disbursed: May 21, 2009
Date Funded:May 28, 2009
Loan Ended:Nov 15, 2009

About the Country

Country:Ghana
Avg Annual Income:$2,643.00
Currency:Ghana Cedis (GHS)
Exchange Rate:1.4591 GHS = 1 USD



Bertha is a retailer of charcoal and vegetables in her neighborhood. Charcoal is a very popular source of energy for cooking in almost all traditional Ghanaian homes. Bertha obtains her supply of charcoal from the village of Kasoa and sells it to her customers.


Bertha is 44 years old and married with five children who are all in school. She is a very hardworking and resourceful mother. She wants to use this loan to buy charcoal and vegetables in bulk. She hopes to increase her savings to pay for her children’s educational fees. She belongs to the "Odo ye De" (Love is Sweet) Trust Group. In this group, members guarantee for one another as social collateral to repay their loans.


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Journal entries for Bertha Akley


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Bertha Akley
Location: Kasoa, Ghana

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Bertha Akley 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 Kasoa, Ghana
May 29, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Bertha Akley

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
September 2009 $85.00 $85.00 Repayment Received
October 2009 $170.00 $170.00 Repayment Received
November 2009 $85.00 $85.00 Repayment Received
December 2009 $85.00 $85.00 Repayment Received