A loan helped a member to buy more fruits so she can meet her customers' demands which will increase her income so that she can provide better healthcare and pay school fees for her children.


Tumaini Women Group's story

The lady raising her hand in the photo is Annastaciah. She is 62 years old, married, and blessed with five children. She is a member of Tumaini Women Group which joined Hand in Hand Eastern Africa in the year 2015 to benefit from enterprise development and financial management training. This improved her knowledge in business management.

She operates a grocery business. She is borrowing a Kiva loan to buy more fruits so as to meet her customers’ demands. She hopes this will increase her income which she will use to provide better healthcare and pay school fees for her children.

She is grateful to Kiva and their lenders for the support and promises to repay promptly.

In this group: Jospat, Annastaciah, Ruth


This loan is special because:

It provides startup loans to risky businesses and underserved people.



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