Help Us Group


Status: Paying Back

$750.00   Loan Amount
37% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: Help Us Group
Group Members: Fatmata Barba
Yeabu Wusu
Hawa S-Man
Hawa Sammy
Jeneba Senesi
Location: Magburaka, Tonkolili, Sierra Leone
Activity: Food Market

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $750.00
Loan Use: Invest in her business
Repayment Term: 10 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Aug 15, 2009
Date Disbursed: Jul 17, 2009
Date Funded:Aug 16, 2009

About the Country

Country:Sierra Leone
Avg Annual Income:$903.00
Currency:Sierra Leone Leones (SLL)
Exchange Rate:3,401.0000 SLL = 1 USD



Here are Fatmata Barba, Yeabu Wusu, Hawa S-Man, Hawa Sammy and Jeneba Senesi. They named their group "Help Us." This is the first loan these entrepreneurs are borrowing from SMT/Kiva. With the help of this loan, they will be able to expand their businesses both in quality and quantity. Consequently, sales and profits will improve for these entrepreneurs. As such, they will be in a better position to look after their families and meet their educational, nutritional and medical needs.

Fatmata Barba is the leader of this group. She was born in Magburaka thirty-three years ago. She is married to a businessman and they have four children. Fatmata has been a businesswoman for more than ten years. She sells market food. She will invest this loan in her market food business.




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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Journal entries for Help Us Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Help Us Group
Location: Magburaka, Tonkolili, Sierra Leone

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Help Us Group, consisting of Fatmata Barba, Yeabu Wusu, Hawa S-Man, Hawa Sammy, Jeneba Senesi by Salone Microfinance Trust (SMT), a partner of ChildFund International in Sierra Leone. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 8 months of this loan, Salone Microfinance Trust (SMT), a partner of ChildFund International will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Magburaka, Tonkolili, Sierra Leone
Aug 17, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Help Us Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
October 2009 $93.75 $93.75 Repayment Received
November 2009 $93.75 $93.75 Repayment Received
December 2009 $93.75 $93.75 Repayment Received
January 2010 $93.75 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $93.75 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $93.75 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $93.75 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $93.75 Available May 1