Jesca Sweetbert


Status: Paid Back

$1,050.00   Loan Request
$1,050.00   Paid Back

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Jesca Sweetbert
Location: Mwanza, Tanzania
Activity: Poultry

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $1,050.00
Loan Use: To buy 500 chickens
Repayment Term: 12 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Sep 22, 2008
Date Disbursed: Oct 6, 2008
Date Funded:Sep 22, 2008
Loan Ended:Sep 15, 2009

About the Country

Country:Tanzania
Avg Annual Income:$723.00
Currency:Tanzania Shillings (TZS)
Exchange Rate:1,155.6000 TZS = 1 USD



Mambo from Tanzania! This is 34-year-old Jesca Sweetbert from Mwanza. Married with three children between the ages of three and ten, Jesca has been running a poultry-selling business since 2000. Working ten hours a day, six days per week and assisted by one employee, she currently earns about $200 monthly from her business. Jesca is requesting a loan of $1050 to buy 500 chickens, and in the future plans to buy even more. She thanks you for your support!



SELFINA has taken a lead role as a pioneer of micro-credit in Tanzania through Micro-Leasing. The organization is engaged in the economic empowerment of women in Tanzania through the provision of a leasing and leaseback microfinance facility.


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Journal entries for Jesca Sweetbert


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Jesca Sweetbert
Location: Mwanza, Tanzania

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Jesca Sweetbert by Sero Lease and Finance Ltd. (SELFINA) in Tanzania. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 10 months, Sero Lease and Finance Ltd. (SELFINA) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Mwanza, Tanzania
Oct 6, 2008
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POSTED ON KIVA
 
Entrepreneur: Jesca Sweetbert
Location: Mwanza, Tanzania

Mambo (Greetings!) from Mwanza, Tanzania and from SELFINA! Thank you for your loan through Kiva to Jesca Sweetbert SELFINA client and micro-entrepreneur. The purpose of this journal is to update you on Jesca and the status of her business.

As you know, your generosity helped Jesca obtain a loan of $1050 in September 2008. She is running a poultry business and used the loan to purchase 500 chickens. She works hard at her business. Since she took out the loan, her business has been doing well and Jesca was able to pay bills, buy food for her family and to pay other expenses. In the future, she is planning to request another loan from SELFINA with which she planed to expand her business. On the personal front, her family is doing well. As you may remember, she is married and has three children. SELFINA aims to continue to assist Jesca and other women like her, and empower them towards financial security and increased confidence through micro loans. Thank you very much for supporting Jesca To continue to support women like her and lend to SELFINA borrowers, please click here:

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&partner_id=90&status=All&sortBy=New+to+Old&_tpg=fb

Asante tena (thank you again) for your support.


Posted by Theodory Sekule from Mwanza, Tanzania
Aug 4, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Jesca Sweetbert

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
January 2009 $105.00 $105.00 Repayment Received
February 2009 $105.00 $105.00 Repayment Received
March 2009 $105.00 $105.00 Repayment Received
April 2009 $105.00 $105.00 Repayment Received
May 2009 $105.00 $105.00 Repayment Received
June 2009 $105.00 $104.99 Repayment Received
July 2009 $105.00 $105.00 Repayment Received
August 2009 $105.00 $105.00 Repayment Received
September 2009 $105.00 $105.01 Repayment Received
October 2009 $105.00 $105.00 Repayment Received