Go Bifo Group


Status: Paying Back

$400.00   Loan Amount
0% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: Go Bifo Group
Group Members: Frances I. Sanu
Isatu Kamara
Janet Sanu
Location: Makeni, Sierra Leone
Activity: Textiles

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $400.00
Loan Use: Buy more stock to create and sell traditional dyed cloth
Repayment Term: 10 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Nov 4, 2009
Date Disbursed: Nov 3, 2009
Date Funded:Nov 5, 2009

About the Country

Country:Sierra Leone
Avg Annual Income:$903.00
Currency:Sierra Leone Leones (SLL)
Exchange Rate:3,765.0000 SLL = 1 USD



The Go Bifo Group is made up of Frances I. Sanu, Janet Sanu, and Isatu Kamara, businesswomen seeking a loan of 1.5 million LE from Kiva lenders and SMT. Frances is the group’s leader, and she is single with no children. For the past two years, Frances has had a business making and selling “gara lappas”, a type of locally dyed cloth. With her portion of the loan, she will be able to expand her business and increase her income.



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Journal entries for Go Bifo Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Go Bifo Group
Location: Makeni, Sierra Leone

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Go Bifo Group, consisting of Frances I. Sanu, Isatu Kamara, Janet Sanu 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 Makeni, Sierra Leone
Nov 6, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Go Bifo Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
February 2010 $50.00 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $50.00 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $50.00 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $50.00 Available May 1  
June 2010 $50.00 Available Jun 1  
July 2010 $50.00 Available Jul 1  
August 2010 $50.00 Available Aug 1  
September 2010 $50.00 Available Sep 1