Lolo Group


Status: Paying Back

$1,300.00   Loan Amount
83% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: Lolo Group
Group Members: MAH DOUMBIA
CHIATA KONATE
SAFIATOU KONATE
SITAN KONATE
Location: Kolondièba, Mali
Activity: Restaurant

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $1,300.00
Loan Use: Purchase of ingredients for restaurant
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Jul 1, 2009
Date Disbursed: May 6, 2009
Date Funded:Jul 3, 2009

About the Country

Country:Mali
Avg Annual Income:$1,200.00
Currency:Communauté Financière Africaine Francs BCEAO (XOF)
Exchange Rate:462.8944 XOF = 1 USD



The four women of the Lolo group are all married and have an average age of 30 years and 2 children. They live in large traditional families in the N'kola neighborhood in the Fakola subprefecture, in the Kolondièba prefecture (which is in the Sikasso region in Mali). Their main revenue-generating activity is a restaurant and has been for 7 years. Their restaurant is situated in the heart of their village and is a stopover point for travelers and merchants coming from Côte d'Ivoire (a sister country bordering this area of Mali).
To meet the ever-increasing customer demand, this group has decided to turn to the microloan institution Soro Yiriwaso, with which the group is on its third solidarity loan. Their previous loans were all repaid in full with no problems.
The women hope to use this loan to purchase, 1000 kg of rice, 500 kg of small millet, 100 kg of beans, 500 kg of potatoes, beef, and fish and the rest will be used to purchase a large amount of condiments. The women purchase their stock in the Fakola market with traveling merchants and sell their goods in the market to a diverse and affluent client base.
They each hope to make 60,000 CFA in profit that will be used to pay the interest on the loan, provide for their families, and invest back into their business.


Translated from French by Manuel Carreiro, Kiva Volunteer


Les quatre femmes du groupe Lolo sont toutes mariées et ont une moyenne d’âge 30 ans et 2 enfants. Elles vivent dans des familles traditionnelles élargies dans le quartier N’kola de la sous-préfecture de Fakola, préfecture de Kolondièba (région de Sikasso, république du Mali).
Elles ont spécifiquement comme principale activité génératrice de revenus la restauration et cela depuis 7 ans. Elles ont leur restaurant situé au cœur du village qui est un point d’escale pour les voyageurs et commerçants en provenance de la république de la Côte d’Ivoire (une république sœur qui fait frontière avec cette localité de la république du Mali).
Pour satisfaire le besoin sans cesse croissant de cette clientèle, ce groupe a décidé d’intégrer l’institution de microfinance Soro Yiriwaso avec laquelle il est à son troisième prêt solidaire. Les prêts précédents ont été correctement remboursés.
Elles comptent utiliser ce prêt pour acheter, 1000kg de riz, 500kg de petit mil, 100kg de haricot, 500kg de pommes de terre, de la viande, du poisson et le reste sera utilisé pour acheter une grande quantité de condiments alimentaires. Elles s’approvisionnent essentiellement dans le marché de Fakola auprès des forains et effectuent leur vente dans le dit marché à une clientèle riche et variée.
Elles espèrent réaliser chacune un bénéfice de 60 000FCFA qui sera utilisé pour payer les intérêts du prêt, subvenir aux besoins de la famille élargie et investir le reste dans les activités.



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Journal entries for Lolo Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Lolo Group
Location: Kolondièba, Mali

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Lolo Group, consisting of MAH DOUMBIA, CHIATA KONATE, SAFIATOU KONATE, SITAN KONATE by Soro Yiriwaso, a partner of Save the Children in Mali. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 5 months of this loan, Soro Yiriwaso, a partner of Save the Children will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Kolondièba, Mali
Jul 4, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Lolo Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
September 2009 $433.34 $433.33 Repayment Received
October 2009 $216.67 $216.68 Repayment Received
November 2009 $216.67 $216.67 Repayment Received
December 2009 $216.67 $216.67 Repayment Received
January 2010 $216.65 Available Jan 1