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Total loan: $75

Akofa Adele

baguida, , Togo / Food

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A loan helped to buy 1 bag of sweet potatoes, a tub of yams, a can of oil, and a box of spaghetti.

Akofa Adele's story

Adele is a 37-year old married woman with four dependent children. She sells fried yams in the region where she lives. She buys her supplies every other day at the market. She wants a loan to buy a bag of sweet potatoes, a tub of yams, a can of oil, and a box of spaghetti.

She intends to bring her family out of poverty and also to develop her business.