A loan helped a member to buy bundles of bed linen for resale.


01_Gpf Bolo Liggey Aminata Group's story

This group was created in November 2020 and is made up of ten women from the same neighbourhood. Their main activity is trade and they are taking their first loan.
Aminata, aged 44, is the representative and is on the right of the photo with her hand raised. She is married and mother of four children, including three boys, who are all in school.
Aminata sells bed linen and clothes and does this from her home and from a placement. She has ten years experience in this sector.
She intends to buy 4 bundles of second-hand bed linen to boost her activity. She manages her work well and has a good customer base. She also knows the area very well.
The profits will be used to cover her needs and to help her husband.

In this group: Aminata, Racky Fafa, Khady, Angélique, Hawa, Fatou, Mary, Ludie Ingma , Khady, Ndéye

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Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Joanne Assheton.


This loan is special because:

It empowers women in rural and suburban Senegal.



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