Ousmane Sow

Status: Paid Back

$500.00		Loan Request
$500.00		Paid Back

About the Entrepreneur

Name:	Ousmane Sow
Location:	Thies, Senegal
Activity:	Metal Shop

About the Loan

Loan Amount:	$500.00
Loan Use:	Metalwork
Repayment Term:	14 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid:	Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss:	Covered
Date Listed:	Jun 13, 2008
Date Disbursed:	Jun 28, 2008
Date Funded:	Jun 14, 2008
Loan Ended:	Jul 15, 2009

About the Field Partner

Field Partner:

UIMCEC, a partner of ChildFund International

Field Partner Risk Rating:

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Active

21 months

1370

$532,800

0.00%

0.00%

Currency Exchange Loss Rate:

0.00%

About the Country

Country:	Senegal
Avg Annual Income:	$1,759.00
Currency:	Communauté Financière Africaine Francs BCEAO (XOF)
Exchange Rate:	420.6288 XOF = 1 USD

Mr. Sow is a young metalworker who lives in the HLM Thially housing projects in Thies. He is married but does not yet have any children. With the loan he is requesting, he would like to purchase raw materials to make doors, which he will then sell for a profit.

Translated from French by Kristina Jackson, Kiva Volunteer.

Mr Sow est un jeune menuisier métallique qui vit au quartier HLM THIALLY à THIES. Il est marié mais n'a pas encore d'enfant. Avec le pret qu'il demande il veut acheter des matières premières pour faire des portes qu'il va revendre afin de réaliser des marges bénéficiaires.

Lenders to this entrepreneur

Andreas & Knut (Germany)
Köln,
Germany

Rich
Riverhead, NY
United States

Florian
Germering,
Germany

Linda
KivaFriends.org, Houston, TX, USA
United States

stephanie + sloan
asheville, NC
United States

Michael

Elizabeth
Huntingdon Valley, PA
United States

Chris
Thiensville, WI
United States

Journal entries for Ousmane Sow

Loan has been disbursed Entrepreneur: Ousmane Sow Location: Thies, Senegal Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Ousmane Sow by UIMCEC, a partner of Christian Children's Fund in Senegal. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 12 months, UIMCEC, a partner of Christian Children's Fund will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.
Posted by from Thies, Senegal Jun 28, 2008
Comment on this entry

Kiva Field Update - Message from Senegal Entrepreneur: Ousmane Sow Location: Thies, Senegal Hi Kiva lenders! You are receiving this journal update to thank you for the Kiva loan you made to a client of IMCEC, a partner MFI in Senegal, West Africa. IMCEC (also known as "UIMCEC") is working on putting in place an efficient, well-oiled system for sending journal updates. However, for the moment, they're a bit behind schedule! Please accept the video below in lieu of your regularly scheduled journal update. I hope that, through this video, you will feel a stronger connection to IMCEC and its clients. As you will see, there is lots of energy and life that goes into running an MFI, and IMCEC and its borrowers are grateful for the support of Kiva and lenders like you. Enjoy the video, and thank you for your continued support of Kiva and IMCEC! Best regards, Abby Gray Kiva Fellow in Senegal
Posted by JD Bergeron, Kiva Staff, from San Francisco, United States Jun 11, 2009
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Repayment Schedule for Ousmane Sow

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	Expected Repayments	Actual Repayments	Comments
September 2008	$41.67	$42.00	Repayment Received
October 2008	$41.67	$42.00	Repayment Received
November 2008	$41.67	$42.00	Repayment Received
December 2008	$41.67	$41.00	Repayment Received
January 2009	$41.67	$41.33	Repayment Received
February 2009	$41.67	$41.67	Repayment Received
March 2009	$41.67	$41.67	Repayment Received
April 2009	$41.67	$41.67	Repayment Received
May 2009	$41.67	$41.67	Repayment Received
June 2009	$41.67	$41.66	Repayment Received
July 2009	$41.67	$41.67	Repayment Received
August 2009	$41.63	$41.66	Repayment Received