Dorcas


Status: Paying Back

$550.00   Loan Amount
22% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

(For privacy reasons, the Field Partner has requested that last name be undisclosed)
Name: Dorcas
Location: Dunkwa, Ghana
Activity: Fruits & Vegetables

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $550.00
Loan Use: To buy vegetables in bulk to expand her business
Repayment Term: 11 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Aug 21, 2009
Date Disbursed: Aug 11, 2009
Date Funded:Aug 21, 2009

About the Country

Country:Ghana
Avg Annual Income:$2,643.00
Currency:Ghana Cedis (GHS)
Exchange Rate:1.4716 GHS = 1 USD



Dorcas is thirty-one years old. She is divorced and has given birth to two children: a son and a daughter. Both of her children are still in school. As a single parent, she says she works very hard to be able to provide for the family. She lives with her children in a rented apartment in Dunkwa in the Central Region of Ghana.

Dorcas is a trader. She trades in vegetables such as onions, tomatoes, and other food items. She buys her goods from Kumasi and sells on a table at the market square. She has been in business for four years and wants a loan to buy goods in bulk to expand her business.


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Journal entries for Dorcas


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Dorcas
Location: Dunkwa, Ghana

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Dorcas by Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) in Ghana. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 9 months of this loan, Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Dunkwa, Ghana
Aug 22, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Dorcas

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
November 2009 $61.11 $61.11 Repayment Received
December 2009 $61.11 $61.11 Repayment Received
January 2010 $61.12 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $61.11 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $61.11 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $61.11 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $61.11 Available May 1  
June 2010 $61.12 Available Jun 1  
July 2010 $61.10 Available Jul 1