Benkadi Group


Status: Paying Back

$900.00   Loan Amount
0% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: Benkadi Group
Group Members: BINTA SANGARE
NEYA DIARRA
FANTA TRAORE
FATOUMA TRAORE
Location: Fana Koulikoro, Mali
Activity: Retail

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $900.00
Loan Use: To buy charcoal and various other items
Repayment Term: 7 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Nov 5, 2009
Date Disbursed: Oct 9, 2009
Date Funded:Nov 6, 2009

About the Country

Country:Mali
Avg Annual Income:$1,200.00
Currency:Communauté Financière Africaine Francs BCEAO (XOF)
Exchange Rate:445.4506 XOF = 1 USD



The members of the Benkadi group are married women who are, on average, 45 years old with 2 children. With their husbands and children, they live in large traditional households and reside in the village of Djinina, Fana sub-prefecture, Koulikoro region, in the Republic of Mali.
They know each other through neighbourhood and familial relations. They have been running income-generating businesses selling firewood and various items for a little while now.
These women work with the microfinance institution Soro Yiriwaso (one of Kiva's field partners) with the goal of making their lucrative businesses more durable. They are seeking their eleventh loan, and their previous ten loans were all repaid properly.
With this loan, they intend to buy 250 bags of charcoal and a large quantity of various items such as clothing and basic need goods. These various items and charcoal are bought at retail in the neighbouring villages and in Fana and are resold on-the-spot in Djinina to a clientele composed of men and women.
They each foresee realizing an average profit of 20,000 FCFA per month. A portion of these profits will be reinvested in their businesses and the rest will be used to meet their daily family expenses.

Translated from French by Vilas Menon, Kiva Volunteer


Les membres du groupe Benkadi sont des femmes mariées ayant une moyenne d’âge de 45ans et 2 enfants. Avec leur mari et enfants elles vivent dans des grandes familles traditionnelles et résident dans le village de DJININA, sous préfecture de FANA, Région de KOULIKORO, République du Mali.
Elles se sont connues à travers des liens de voisinage et de parentés. Elles exercent comme activités génératrices de revenus, le commerce de charbon de bois et d’articles divers il y’a un peu longtemps.
Ces femmes collaborent avec l’institution de microfinance Soro Yiriwaso dans le but de pérenniser leurs activités lucratives. Elles sont à leur onzième prêt et tous les dix prêts précédents ont été correctement remboursés.
Avec ce prêt elles comptent acheter, 250 sacs de charbon de bois et une grande quantité d’articles divers tels que les habillements et les produits de premières nécessités. Les articles divers et charbon de bois sont achetés en détail dans les villages environnants et à Fana et sont revendus sur place à DJININA à une clientèle composée de femmes et d’hommes.
Elles envisagent réaliser chacune un bénéfice moyen de 20 000FCFA par mois. Les bénéfices sont d’une part réinvestis dans l’activité et d’autre part dans les dépenses quotidiennes de la famille.



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Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Benkadi Group
Location: Fana Koulikoro, Mali

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Benkadi Group, consisting of BINTA SANGARE , NEYA DIARRA, FANTA TRAORE, FATOUMA TRAORE by Soro Yiriwaso, a partner of Save the Children in Mali. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 4 months of this loan, Soro Yiriwaso, a partner of Save the Children will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Fana Koulikoro, Mali
Nov 7, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Benkadi Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
January 2010 $180.00 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $180.00 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $180.00 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $180.00 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $180.00 Available May 1