Theresa Sakyiwaa


Status: Paid Back

$575.00   Loan Request
$575.00   Paid Back

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Theresa Sakyiwaa
Location: Nkawkaw, Ghana
Activity: Fish Selling

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $575.00
Loan Use: Procure fish and tilapia.
Repayment Term: 7 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Mar 22, 2009
Date Disbursed: Mar 5, 2009
Date Funded:Mar 22, 2009
Loan Ended:Sep 15, 2009

About the Country

Country:Ghana
Avg Annual Income:$2,643.00
Currency:Ghana Cedis (GHS)
Exchange Rate:1.4041 GHS = 1 USD



Theresa Sakyiwaa is 60 years old, married and blessed with four children. Two have completed senior high school. She works with zeal to support her family. Theresa is a fish monger and she also runs a small grocery shop in a shed in the local market square. Theresa procures her goods at wholesale prices and has been in business for ten years. According to Theresa, most of her customers are food vendors in her community. The loan will enable her to buy tilapia and assorted fishes in bulk to serve a larger market and improve her family finances. She lives with some of her children in a house in Kwahu Da, a farming community in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She is a member of a group called “Anigyee" Trust Group. Members guarantee one another as social collateral to access and repay loans.


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Journal entries for Theresa Sakyiwaa


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Theresa Sakyiwaa
Location: Nkawkaw, Ghana

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Theresa Sakyiwaa by Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) in Ghana. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 5 months of this loan, Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Nkawkaw, Ghana
Mar 23, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Theresa Sakyiwaa

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
June 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
July 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
August 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
September 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
October 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received