By The Grace Of God Group


Status: Paying Back

$450.00   Loan Amount
25% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: By The Grace Of God Group
Group Members: Ibrahim Sesay
Yealie Mansaray
Mahawa Koroma
Location: Magburaka, Tonkolili, Sierra Leone
Activity: Tailoring

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $450.00
Loan Use: Invest into his tailoring business
Repayment Term: 10 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Aug 20, 2009
Date Disbursed: Aug 14, 2009
Date Funded:Aug 20, 2009

About the Country

Country:Sierra Leone
Avg Annual Income:$903.00
Currency:Sierra Leone Leones (SLL)
Exchange Rate:3,400.0336 SLL = 1 USD



Here are members of By the Grace of God group. They are small scale businesspeople base in Magburaka town, in northern Sierra Leone. In order to improve their businesses, they have applied for a loan of Le 500,000 for each from SMT/Kiva.

Ibrahim Sesay (middle) is the leader of this group. Ibrahim is forty-six years of age, born in Kambia district, in northern Sierra Leone. Ibrahim is married to a businesswoman and they have seven children together. Some of his children are attending secondary schools and others in primary schools. Ibrahim is a tailor and has been in this business for many years now. He will use this loan to expand his business by buying sewing materials.




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Journal entries for By The Grace Of God Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: By The Grace Of God Group
Location: Magburaka, Tonkolili, Sierra Leone

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to By The Grace Of God Group, consisting of Ibrahim Sesay, Yealie Mansaray, Mahawa Koroma 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 21, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for By The Grace Of God Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
November 2009 $56.25 $56.25 Repayment Received
December 2009 $56.25 $56.25 Repayment Received
January 2010 $56.25 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $56.25 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $56.25 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $56.25 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $56.25 Available May 1  
June 2010 $56.25 Available Jun 1