Oumou Seydi

Status: Paying Back

$600.00		Loan Amount

0% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

Name:	Oumou Seydi
Location:	Ziguinchor, Senegal
Activity:	Phone Use Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount:	$600.00
Loan Use:	bolstering her little business
Repayment Term:	14 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid:	At end of term
Currency Exchange Loss:	Covered
Date Listed:	Feb 5, 2009
Date Disbursed:	Feb 5, 2009
Date Funded:	Feb 5, 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:	510.3089 XOF = 1 USD

This young woman comes from Ziguinchor and manages a tele-boutique. She offers varied services: fax, telephone, sale of rechargeable cell phone cards, etc. She is requesting this loan to bolster her little business and increase her income. The revenue from this business allows her to support her mother who is a widow and lives in the working class neighborhood of Grand Dakar in the south of Ziguinchor.

Translated from French by Teresa Kramer, Kiva Volunteer

Cette jeune ziguinchoroise gére une téléboutique. Elle offre des services variés : fax, éléphone, vente de carte de crédit pour téléphone mobile etc
Elle demande ce crédit pour renforcer ses activités et augmenter ses revenus. Avec son activiét, elle soutient sa mére qui est veuve dans le populaire quartier de Grand Dakar au sud de Ziguinchor.

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Journal entries for Oumou Seydi

Loan has been disbursed Entrepreneur: Oumou Seydi Location: Ziguinchor, Senegal Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Oumou Seydi by UIMCEC, a partner of Christian Children's Fund in Senegal. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 12 months of this loan, 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 Ziguinchor, Senegal Feb 6, 2009
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Kiva Field Update - Message from Senegal Entrepreneur: Oumou Seydi Location: Ziguinchor, 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 Oumou Seydi

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	Expected Repayments		Actual Repayments		Comments
April 2010	$600.00		Available Apr 1