Mena Group


Status: Paying Back

$675.00   Loan Amount
57% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: Mena Group
Group Members: Fatmata Koroma
Marie Sesay
Konie Koroma
Aminata Kargbo
Location: Makeni, Sierra Leone
Activity: Food Market

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $675.00
Loan Use: To further invest in her business selling food so that she can improve her family's standard of living.
Repayment Term: 9 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Jun 24, 2009
Date Disbursed: Jun 19, 2009
Date Funded:Jun 24, 2009

About the Country

Country:Sierra Leone
Avg Annual Income:$903.00
Currency:Sierra Leone Leones (SLL)
Exchange Rate:3,044.0000 SLL = 1 USD



Pictured here are members of the Mena group. They are requesting a loan of Le 500,000 for each member so that they can expand their businesses. This is the first loan these women are requesting from SMT/Kiva. With this loan, they hope to be able to expand their businesses, make better profit and consequently, improve their current standard of living.

Fatmata Koroma (second from left) is the leader of this group. Fatmata is now 39 years old and married with six children. One is in college, four are in secondary school and the last is not of school going age yet. Fatmata sells market food and has been in this business since 1982.





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Journal entries for Mena Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Mena Group
Location: Makeni, Sierra Leone

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Mena Group, consisting of Fatmata Koroma, Marie Sesay, Konie Koroma, Aminata Kargbo 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 7 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 Makeni, Sierra Leone
Jun 25, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Mena Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
September 2009 $96.43 $96.43 Repayment Received
October 2009 $96.43 $0.00 Repayment Received
November 2009 $96.43 $192.86 Repayment Received
December 2009 $96.43 $96.43 Repayment Received
January 2010 $96.43 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $96.43 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $96.42 Available Mar 1