Mano Group

This is Dura Sesay, Isatu Sankoh, Hassan Kanu and Adama Turay. They named their group Mano Group. This is the first loan these entrepreneurs are receiving from SMT/Kiva. With this loan, they will be able to expand their businesses, make better profits and consequently improve on their standards of living. Thus they are able to pay their children’s school fees and other school related charges and to feed and clothe them.

Dura Sesay (right) is the leader of the group. Dura was born in Port Loko, in northern Sierra Leone. He is fifty years of age and married to a businesswoman. They have four children: two of his children are in primary school and two are in secondary school.

Dura Sesay sells fowls and has been in this business for more than thirty years now. With this loan, he will be able to get at least five dozen fowls to sell.




About Group Loans
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a group of individuals bound by a group guarantee. Under this arrangement, each member of the group supports one another and is responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members if someone is delinquent or defaults. Learn more

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