Benkadi Group


Status: Paying Back

$875.00   Loan Amount
66% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: Benkadi Group
Group Members: ROKIA TRAORE
ROKIA DIARRA
YOUMA TOGOLA
BINTOU BAMBA
Location: Sikasso, Mali
Activity: Retail

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $875.00
Loan Use: To buy children's clothing and firewood
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Aug 1, 2009
Date Disbursed: Jun 8, 2009
Date Funded:Aug 5, 2009

About the Country

Country:Mali
Avg Annual Income:$1,200.00
Currency:Communauté Financière Africaine Francs BCEAO (XOF)
Exchange Rate:467.1689 XOF = 1 USD



The four women of the group Benkadi are all married and average 25 years of age and three children. They live for the most part in monogamous families in Hamdallaye, a district of Sikasso City (third administrative region of Mali). The women run diverse businesses, including the sale of children's clothing and firewood.

The group members are collaborating with the micro-finance institution Soro Yiriwaso to satisfy the needs of their customers and are now on their third solidarity loan. The two preceding ones have been settled.

With this new loan, they intend to buy 20 packages of children's clothing and 50 cart loads of firewood. Supplies are gotten essentially at the grand market of Sikasso City. The merchandise is sold mostly in cash transactions at the Hamdallaye market in an itinerant manner in the area and also at the grand market. The customers are composed of men and women.

The group members each envision realizing an average monthly profit of 11,500 francs CFA. Part of the profits will be used for family needs, and the other part will be put into savings. Certain women in the group have the ambition of buying a plot of land on which to live, and the others, becoming individual clients.

Translated from French by Dan Kuey, Kiva Volunteer


Les quatre femmes du groupe Benkadi sont toutes mariées, avec une moyenne d’âge de 25 ans et 3 enfants. Elles vivent la plupart dans des familles monogames à Hamdallaye un des quartiers de la ville de Sikasso (3ème région administrative du Mali).
Elles mènent diverses activités qui sont entre autres la vente d’habits pour enfants et du bois de chauffe.
Elles collaborent avec l’institution de microfinance Soro Yiriwaso afin de satisfaire le besoin de leur clientèle et sont à leur troisième prêt solidaire, tous les deux précédents se sont bien dénoués.
Avec ce nouveau prêt, elles comptent acheter 20 colis d’habits pour enfants, 50 chargements de charrettes en bois de chauffe. Elles s’approvisionnent essentiellement au grand marché de Sikasso ville. Les marchandises sont vendues au marché de Hamdallaye de façon ambulante, dans le quartier et au grand marché à une clientèle composée d’hommes et de femmes et la plupart au comptant.
Elles envisagent réaliser chacune un bénéfice mensuel moyen de 11.500 FCFA dont une partie sera utilisée pour les besoins de la famille et l’autre partie sera mise en épargne.
Certaines femmes du groupe Benkadi ambitionnent acheter un terrain à usage d’habitation et d’autres devenir des clientes individuelles.



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Journal entries for Benkadi Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Benkadi Group
Location: Sikasso, Mali

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Benkadi Group, consisting of ROKIA TRAORE, ROKIA DIARRA, YOUMA TOGOLA, BINTOU BAMBA 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 Sikasso, Mali
Aug 6, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Benkadi Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
October 2009 $291.66 $291.66 Repayment Received
November 2009 $145.83 $145.83 Repayment Received
December 2009 $145.83 $145.83 Repayment Received
January 2010 $145.83 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $145.85 Available Feb 1