Kisimba Women's Group


Status: Paid Back

$4,975.00   Loan Request
$4,975.00   Paid Back

About the Group

Group Name: Kisimba Women's Group
Group Members: Mariam Namusisi
Christopher Walusanja
Bakali Mukasa
Rose Kyobe
Sarah Bagayiki
Barbara Ssebandeke
Harriet Nakanjako
Specioza Babirye
Margaret Wajja
Annet Ssentamu
Betty Mukasa
Florence Nabulya
Josephine Kayondo
Annet Bala
Specioza Wokali
Location: Lugazi, Uganda
Activity: General Store

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $4,975.00
Loan Use: To buy more goods to sell in her shop.
Repayment Term: 7 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Nov 17, 2008
Date Disbursed: Oct 15, 2008
Date Funded:Nov 19, 2008
Loan Ended:Mar 16, 2009

About the Country

Country:Uganda
Avg Annual Income:$1,700.00
Currency:Uganda Shillings (UGX)
Exchange Rate:2,000.1000 UGX = 1 USD



Mariam Namusisi is a member of the Kisimba women’s group in Lugazi. She is a married businesswoman with a retail shop that she has owned for six years. Her husband helps her out with the shop at times, as well as providing the family with food and a decent shelter.



Before joining her lending group, Mariam says that her shop was so small that a time came when she was selling almost nothing. But with the coming of loans, her shop is now self-sustaining and will need a few pushes every time she gets a loan.



Thanks to the loans she has received, all the products in her shop are now in large quantities and, as a result, her family is better off. She is now able to pay school fees for her children. Mariam also plans to build commercial houses for rent in her trading centre and transform her shop into a wholesale business.





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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Lenders to this group

howard and maureen
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Mary
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Paul
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Susan
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Helle
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Danielle
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Nancy
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Louise
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Howard & Jillian
Vence,
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Anita
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Jay
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Jeff
New York, NY
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Terry T
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Gavin
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Alex
Camberley, Surrey
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Team BPG
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Doug
Los Angeles, CA
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Maryrose
Oakland, CA
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Grant
Kentfield, CA
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Alexandre
Virginia Beach, VA
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Micah
San Francisco, CA
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Foothill Microcredit
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Menlo
San Francisco, CA
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Henning
Pulheim,
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Snak
Markham, Ontario
Canada

Joshua
San Diego, California
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Cynthia
San Leandro, CA
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Trey (Papa) & Emma
San Francisco, CA
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Rita
San Francisco, CA
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Anonymous
West Des Moines, IA
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Marjorie
Mill Valley, CA
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Ryan
Seattle, Washington
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Travis Lopes
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Ramona
KivaFriends.org, Berlin
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Jeffrey
Poulsbo, WA
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Carol
Los Angeles, CA
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Vinod
Silver Spring, MD
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David
Nashville, TN
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Bharat
Seattle, WA
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Ali
Colfax, CA
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Leslie
Kalamazoo, MI
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Maurice
Sainte-Louise, NB
Canada

Umm Muhammed
www.kiva.org/team/kiva_muslims, Utrecht
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Carole
Steamboat Springs, CO
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gayle
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Teri
Nahant, MA
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Melissa
St. Louis, MO
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Kent
Pearland, TX
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M&M
Orangeville, Ontario
Canada

Leslie
Lawrenceville, GA
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Björn
Stockholm,
Sweden

Christian
Washington, DC
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Frank
Lubbock, TX
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Erin
Savannah, GA
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Michael
Glendale, AZ
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Rick
Tyler, TX
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Anonymous
Kentfield, CA
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Ronnie
San Francisco, CA
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Bas de Beer
muiderberg, Noord-Holland
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Dan
Agoura Hills, CA
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Anonymous
Lausanne,

Raymond
Melbourne, Victoria
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Dave
Hoboken, NJ
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Anonymous
Dallas, TX
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Barrie Medical Clinic
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A. Vitalis Memorial Fund
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Anonymous
Old Hickory, TN
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Peter
Cambridge, MA
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Judy
Tucson, AZ
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Dominick

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Joshua
Chicago, IL
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Morten
København K,

harald
Ebsdorfergrund,
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Mark
Andover, MA
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Geoff
Winter Park, FL
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Anonymous
Dedham, MA
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Cheryl
Derby, Derbyshire
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Anonymous
Ft. Worth, TX
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Brandon
Spokane, WA
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Ana-Georgiana

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Glenna
Roanoke, VA
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deb & wendy
Jersey City, NJ
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Joshua
Brunswick, OH
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Tom
North Wales, PA
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Judith
St. Peter, MN
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David
Colorado Springs, CO
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Joe
Snow Hill, NC
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Natascha
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david
overland park, KS
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Tony
Indianapolis, IN
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Kristina
Palmdale, CA
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RailRoadRancher
Casa Grande, Arizona
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SAM AND JEAN
OLD ZIONSVILLE, PA
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David
Dulles, VA
Poland

modwalls.com
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Anonymous
seattle, WA
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Clever Spenden e.V.
Karlsruhe,
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Geneva
Bronx, NY
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Jeff L.
Bronx, NY
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Anonymous
Baltimore, MD
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Reuben
San Francisco, CA
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Ed
Concord, MA
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Andrea
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Steven
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Journal entries for Kisimba Women's Group


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Kisimba Women's Group
Location: Lugazi, Uganda

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to the Mariam Namusisi group, consisting of Mariam Namusisi, Christopher Walusanja, Bakali Mukasa, Rose Kyobe, Sarah Bagayiki, Barbara Ssebandeke, Harriet Nakanjako, Specioza Babirye, Margaret Wajja, Annet Ssentamu, Betty Mukasa, Florence Nabulya, Josephine Kayondo, Annet Bala, Specioza Wokali by Pearl Microfinance Limited in Uganda. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 3 months, Pearl Microfinance Limited will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Lugazi, Uganda
Nov 20, 2008
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Journal
 
Entrepreneur: Kisimba Women's Group
Location: Lugazi, Uganda

Mariam Namusisi is doing well in her lending group because of the good performance of her retail shop. She has been able to make a possibility of stocking her shop with good quality products which bring in a good and fast income. He has increased his savings to 240,000 shillings and her weekly profit is 100,000 shillings and sometimes more. Mariam says she has no hope of stopping getting loans not until she achieves all her dreams.


Posted by Grace Nattoolo from Lugazi, Uganda
May 25, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Kisimba Women's Group

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
January 2009 $1,658.35 $1,658.34 Repayment Received
February 2009 $1,658.35 $1,658.35 Repayment Received
March 2009 $1,326.68 $1,326.68 Repayment Received
April 2009 $331.62 $331.63 Repayment Received