God Bless You Group


Status: Paying Back

$875.00   Loan Amount
23% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: God Bless You Group
Group Members: Martha Jonuah
Edith Raynee
Lora Saweah
Rebecca Quiah
Location: South Of Monrovia, Liberia
Activity: Fish Selling

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $875.00
Loan Use: to purchase more goods to expand her business
Repayment Term: 6 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Oct 5, 2009
Date Disbursed: Sep 25, 2009
Date Funded:Oct 5, 2009

About the Country

Country:Liberia
Avg Annual Income:$500.00
Currency:Liberia Dollars (LRD)
Exchange Rate:72.0420 LRD = 1 USD



Martha Jonuah is the leader of a group of 4 borrowers called 'God bless You'. She is 67 years old, a widow with 4 children aged 24-35 years old. Their educational levels are 12th grade- university graduate. She also cares for 5 siblings.Martha is illiterate due to poverty. She lives and works in the slip way, close to downtown Monrovia, Liberia.


Martha's business is buying fish wholesale from fishermen around the coast of Monrovia, Liberia and selling them to residents of downtown Monrovia, Liberia. She has been running this business for more than 20 years, and this business allowed her to educate her children.

Martha started this business with a little fund given her by her late husband, and with hardwork and serious attention, she has reached this far. Martha always sell good fish to her customers in order to retain them. She needs this loan to purchase more goods to expand her business.

Martha dreams of growing her fish business to a higher standard so that she and her childrem can become successful in life.



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Journal entries for God Bless You Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: God Bless You Group
Location: South Of Monrovia, Liberia

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to God Bless You Group, consisting of Martha Jonuah, Edith Raynee, Lora Saweah, Rebecca Quiah by Local Enterprise Assistance Program (LEAP), a partner of World Hope International and World Relief in Liberia. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 4 months of this loan, Local Enterprise Assistance Program (LEAP), a partner of World Hope International and World Relief will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from South Of Monrovia, Liberia
Oct 6, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for God Bless You Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
December 2009 $205.88 $205.88 Repayment Received
January 2010 $205.88 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $205.89 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $257.35 Available Mar 1