Kiwamirembe Women's Group

Status: Paid Back

$5,000.00		Loan Request
$5,000.00		Paid Back

About the Group

Group Name:	Kiwamirembe Women's Group
Group Members:	Godfrey Kinene Mercy Mukasa Margaret Kyange Winnie Namazzi Wilson Ntulume Mary Lwanyaga Sarah Luwamba Dinnah Nsubuga Aidah Kayaga Teo Nakawuka Harriet Ssenoga Bbale Mugera Margaret Mukasa Jalia Namusoke
Location:	Mukono, Uganda
Activity:	General Store

About the Loan

Loan Amount:	$5,000.00
Loan Use:	Namusoke Jalia would like a loan to help with buying 15 crates of soda with half of her loan and the other half for buying suits and bitenge for the shop.
Repayment Term:	6 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid:	Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss:	Covered
Date Listed:	Jul 5, 2008
Date Disbursed:	Jul 20, 2008
Date Funded:	Jul 6, 2008
Loan Ended:	Dec 16, 2008

About the Field Partner

Field Partner:

Pearl Microfinance Limited

Field Partner Risk Rating:

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Active

26 months

10752

$2,902,500

0.00%

0.00%

Currency Exchange Loss Rate:

0.00%

About the Country

Country:	Uganda
Avg Annual Income:	$1,700.00
Currency:	Uganda Shillings (UGX)
Exchange Rate:	1,666.0000 UGX = 1 USD

Namusoke Jalia’s story is one that cannot go unnoticed. She is the treasurer of Kiwamirembe Women’s group in Mukono and has a retail shop in Kigombya that deals in selling clothes; Bitenge, the Nigerian wear, and suits for ladies that she buys from Kampala mostly on Thursday and Sunday. Her shop also has a fridge for selling sodas and beers.

Jalia is a widow with 4 children of her own as she cares for 3 orphans that have since become her own. These orphans are of no relation to her but she has decided to take them in after their parents (fathers), with the support of their stepmothers deserted them for death, and she does this with the awareness of the Police and the local authorities. She says she does this not for material gains but to help those in need considering what she went through as a child. This is not a story to bring sympathy but to let the world know that such big and kind hearted people still exist. The little she has is shared among themselves as she also pays for their school fees, except 2 children who are still 3 years old. This story is what inspires Jalia to work so hard and she would like to start up an orphanage since child neglect cases are so numerous in her area, and her husband left her enough land for that.

She would like a loan to help with buying 15 crates of soda with half of her loan and the other half for buying suits and bitenge for the shop.

About Group Loans
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a group of individuals bound by a group guarantee. Under this arrangement, each member of the group supports one another and is responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members if someone is delinquent or defaults. Learn more

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Journal entries for Kiwamirembe Women's Group

Loan has been disbursed Entrepreneur: Kiwamirembe Women's Group Location: Mukono, Uganda Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to the Kiwamirembe women's group group, consisting of Jalia Namusoke, Margaret Mukasa, Bbale Mugera, Harriet Ssenoga, Teo Nakawuka, Aidah Kayaga, Dinnah Nsubuga, Sarah Luwamba, Mary Lwanyaga, Wilson Ntulume, Winnie Namazzi, Margaret Kyange, Mercy Mukasa, Godfrey Kinene by Pearl Microfinance Limited in Uganda. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 4 months, Pearl Microfinance Limited will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.
Posted by from Mukono, Uganda Jul 21, 2008
Comments (3)

Journal Entrepreneur: Kiwamirembe Women's Group Location: Mukono, Uganda Namusoke Jalia is blessed in her business because she is able to run her well stocked shop while at the same time servicing her loan with ease. She is quick to mention that the secret to her success is the variety of quality products in her shop but above all proper management of each shilling that she gets hold of hence becoming big in business by the day and being able to pay fees for her children plus other orphans. Jalia says that she has developed a partnership with Pearl Microfinance as a replacement of her late husband and she is not regretting the move because now even her children can go to school just like before when her husband was still alive.
Posted by Grace Nattoolo from Mukono, Uganda Nov 9, 2008
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Repayment Schedule for Kiwamirembe Women's Group

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	Expected Repayments	Actual Repayments	Comments
October 2008	$1,250.00	$1,250.00	Repayment Received
November 2008	$1,250.00	$1,250.00	Repayment Received
December 2008	$1,250.00	$1,250.00	Repayment Received
January 2009	$1,250.00	$1,250.00	Repayment Received