Akosua


Status: Refunded

$700.00   Loan Request

About the Entrepreneur

(For privacy reasons, the Field Partner has requested that last name be undisclosed)
Name: Akosua
Location: Dormaa, Ghana
Activity: Sewing

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $700.00
Loan Use: To buy sewing materials like linen, thread, thimbles, etc.
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Oct 27, 2009
Date Disbursed: Oct 15, 2009
Date Funded:Oct 27, 2009
Refund Date:Oct 28, 2009

About the Country

Country:Ghana
Avg Annual Income:$2,643.00
Currency:Ghana Cedis (GHS)
Exchange Rate:1.4371 GHS = 1 USD



Akosua is in the service industry sewing dresses and clothing materials. She has been sewing for 15 years now with ten apprentices. She is a specialist in women's wear. Her skills and designs are top class. She sews various styles that give her customers new looks, like kids' school uniforms, church attire, "kaba and slit" (tailored top and long skirt), wedding dresses, funeral clothes, etc.
Akosua is 40 years old. She is married and a mother with six children. Currently all her children are in school. She lives with her husband who is a businessman. Her family is doing very well, and she is very happy about that.
Akosua wants to use this loan to buy supplies of sewing materials like linen, thread, thimbles, etc. to increase her output and efficiency. She hopes to increase her savings to provide her children with quality education. She would be grateful for your assistance.

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Journal entries for Akosua


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Akosua
Location: Dormaa, Ghana

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Akosua 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 Dormaa, Ghana
Oct 28, 2009
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Loan Refunded
 
Entrepreneur: Akosua
Location: Dormaa, Ghana

This loan has been refunded for the following reason:

This loan was accidentally posted to the Kiva website twice.

Please see Akosua's remaining posting here http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=147611&_tpos=2&_tpg=1

We apologize for this dual posting and want you to be aware that we are working hard to prevent such occurrences in the future.


Posted by Stephanie Koczela, Kiva Staff, from San Francisco, United States
Oct 28, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Akosua

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
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 $116.67 Available May 1  
June 2010 $116.65 Available Jun 1