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Lydia Somani
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Status: Paid Back

$575
Loan Request
Pre-Disbursed : May 1, 2009
Listed: May 9, 2009
Funded: May 9, 2009
$575
Paid Back
Ended: Nov 15, 2009
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About the Loan

Location: Accra, Ghana   Repayment Term: 7 months
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Activity: Grocery Store   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To purchase groceries in bulk for re-sale   Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
      Default Protection: Covered
Lydia Somani is twenty-eight years old. She is married and has two children. She lives with her family at Bawjiase in the central region, Ghana.



Lydia runs a grocery shop to help her husband support the family. She has been in business for two years now. She sells items such as tins of Milo (malted milk powder), milk, sugar, bread, tinned fish, etc. Lydia procures her goods from wholesalers in the big cities such as Accra.



She wants a loan to expand the size of her shop and also buy goods in bulk. She hopes to increase her profit margin to enable her to save more to support her family, especially her kids' education. She belongs to a trust bank group called ‘shining star’. The group members guarantee for one another as collateral to access the loan.


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About the Country

Country:Ghana
Avg Annual Income:$2,643
Currency:Ghana Cedis (GHS)
Exchange Rate:1.4475 GHS = 1 USD
18 Lenders to this Entrepreneur

Jimmy
Dallas, TX
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Glen
Tokyo,
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Jason
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Nicole
sydney, New South Wales
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Cayetano
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doreen
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Brion
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June
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Jacqueline
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Betty
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theresa
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Dawn
Los Angeles, CA
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Barry
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Erica
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Journal entries for Lydia Somani


Subject: Loan has been disbursed
Location: Accra, Ghana

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Lydia Somani 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 Accra, Ghana
May 10, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Lydia Somani

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
August 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
September 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
October 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
November 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received
December 2009 $115.00 $115.00 Repayment Received