Mary


Status: Paying Back

$700.00   Loan Amount
16% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

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

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $700.00
Loan Use: To buy vegetables in bulk to expand her business.
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Sep 26, 2009
Date Disbursed: Sep 14, 2009
Date Funded:Sep 27, 2009

About the Country

Country:Ghana
Avg Annual Income:$2,643.00
Currency:Ghana Cedis (GHS)
Exchange Rate:1.4468 GHS = 1 USD



Mary is sixty years old. She is a widow and has four children who are all out of school. She lives with her children in a rented apartment in a town called Wiawso in the Western Region of Ghana. Wiawso is a commercial and farming town.


Mary is a trader who trades in vegetables such as peppers. She sells vegetables at the local market and supplies them to retailers and food vendors in her community. She also treks to other markets to sell vegetables. She buys her goods from nearby towns.


Mary has been in business for ten years and wants a loan to buy vegetables in bulk to expand her business.


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Journal entries for Mary


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Mary
Location: Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Mary by Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) in Ghana. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 6 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 Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana
Sep 28, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Mary

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
December 2009 $116.67 $116.67 Repayment Received
January 2010 $116.67 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $116.67 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $116.67 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $116.67 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $116.65 Available May 1