Mercy Sam

Mercy Sam sells food supplies like plantain, banana and other items at Atobiase, near Elmina. Mercy has received primary level education. She is married and has 1 child. Her husband is a carpenter. Mercy has been selling food supplies like plantain and bananas since 2007. She is responsible for assisting her husband with the house keeping expenses. Her loan will be used as additional capital to increase the sale of food supplies to meet the increase in demand by her costumers. She hopes to use the new profits from her business to save towards a house that she wants to put up with her husband.



Important Information About This Loan
Please note that Kiva considers loans to this Field Partner, CRAN, to be particularly HIGH RISK. This organization has had very serious delinquency problems brought about by problems with its credit methodology, local environmental shocks including a depletion of local fisheries in its core area of operation (Cape Coast and the Central Province), and insufficient follow up with late clients. Lenders to this business should be aware that there is an increased risk of not getting repaid on this loan due to the challenges facing the Field Partner.

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