Dembagnouman Group


Status: Paying Back

$2,000.00   Loan Amount
0% repaid

About the Group

Group Name: Dembagnouman Group
Group Members: Zeratou Kanta
Bafanta Minta
Baminata Traoré
Nana Niono
Yaya Dembélé
Bamassé Dembélé
Sitan Founé Famanta
Location: Segou, Mali
Activity: Fish Selling

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $2,000.00
Loan Use: To buy fish
Repayment Term: 9 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Nov 7, 2009
Date Disbursed: Oct 15, 2009
Date Funded:Nov 14, 2009

About the Country

Country:Mali
Avg Annual Income:$1,200.00
Currency:Communauté Financière Africaine Francs BCEAO (XOF)
Exchange Rate:442.2139 XOF = 1 USD



The seven members of Dembagnouman Group (one widowed and six married women), on average, are 40 years old and have four children. They live in polygamous families in the neighborhood of Djaka (Kirango) in Markala, fourth administrative region of Mali. The group members know each other through links of family, marriage, friendship and neighborhood. They make a living from buying, processing and selling fish. Eager to better serve its customers, the Dembagnouman Group has decided to join the credit program offered by SoroYiriwaso. This is the Group's fifth solidarity loan, after having repaid the previous four loans on schedule.


This new loan will be used to buy 72 baskets of fresh fish and 100 ice bars, provided by carriers coming from Bamako. They get their fish supply on the banks of River Niger, then they dry part of it on gravel, on straw or on "seccos". The fresh fish will be sold on location in Kirango and in Diamarabougou Markala, or kept refrigerated in ice and sold at the Castle Market in Ségou and in Bamako. The dried fish will partly be stockpiled until the water level of the river drops in winter and they can sell it at a higher price, and partly be sold in Dougabougou, Siribala, Niono, Shango and Boussin, as well as at the weekly market in Ségou. They also sell smoked fish, mainly in Ségou. Most of their sales are for cash to a clientele made up of women and men.


They expect to make an average monthly profit of 75,500 CFA francs which they will spend on small household expenses and use to take part in social events (baptisms, weddings and funerals). Their ambition is to buy livestock so as to build houses for their children in future, because their father's house belongs to them all and nobody has the ownership of it.

Translated from French by Robert Mouris, Kiva Volunteer


Le groupe Dembagnouman est composé de sept femmes dont une veuve et six mariées dans des ménages polygames. Elles ont en moyenne 40 ans, 4 enfants et habitent dans le quartier Djaka (Kirango) de Markala (4ème Région administrative du Mali).
Elles se sont connues à travers des liens de parenté, de mariage, d’amitié et de voisinage. Elles ont comme activités génératrices de revenus l’achat vente du poisson et sa transformation.
Dans le souci de satisfaire ses clients le groupe Dembagnouman a décidé d’intégrer le programme crédit de Soro Yiriwaso avec qui il est à son 5ème prêt solidaire après avoir bien remboursé les quatre prêts précédents.
Ce nouveau prêt sera utilisé pour acheter, 72 paniers de poisson frais et 100 barres de glace (fournies par les transporteurs venant de Bamako). Elles s’approvisionnent en poissons sur place au bord du fleuve Niger dont une bonne partie est séchée soit sur du gravier, ou sur de la paille ou sur des « seccos ». Le poisson frais est vendu sur place à Kirango et à Diamarabougou Markala ou conservé dans de la glace pour être vendu à Ségou (au marché château) et à Bamako. Le poisson séché est conservé en partie jusqu’à la décrue et à l’hivernage où elles gagnent plus d’argent et le reste est vendu à Dougabougou, Siribala, Niono, Shango, Boussin et à la foire hebdomadaire de Ségou. Le poisson fumé est essentiellement vendu à Ségou. Les ventes se font généralement au comptant à une clientèle composée de femmes et d’hommes.
Elles espèrent réaliser un bénéfice moyen mensuel de 75.500 FCFA qui servira à satisfaire les petits besoins familiaux et à participer aux évènements sociaux (baptême, mariage et décès).
Leur ambition est d’acheter des animaux afin de construire dans l’avenir pour leurs enfants car une maison paternelle appartient à tous et n’est propriété de personne.



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Journal entries for Dembagnouman Group


Loan to Zeratou Kanta
Bafanta Minta
Baminata Traoré
Nana
 
Entrepreneur: Dembagnouman Group
Location: Segou, Mali

Thanks to you and 58 other Kiva Lenders, the 2000.00 loan requested by Zeratou Kanta
Bafanta Minta
Baminata Traoré
Nana Niono
Yaya Dembélé
Bamassé Dembélé
Sitan Founé Famanta in Mali has been 100% funded. The loan will be used for the purpose of: To buy fish.

Over the months of this loan, Kiva’s Field Partner in Mali, 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 Segou, Mali
Nov 14, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Dembagnouman Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
January 2010 $285.71 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $285.72 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $285.71 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $285.72 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $285.71 Available May 1  
June 2010 $285.72 Available Jun 1  
July 2010 $285.71 Available Jul 1