A loan helped a member to buy seeds and fertilizer for increased crop production, in order to provide food and pay school fees for her children.


Linga Women Group's story

The lady raising her hand in the photo is Veronicah. She is 40 years old, married, and blessed with 3 children. She is a member of Linga Women Group, which joined Hand in Hand Eastern Africa to benefit from enterprise development and financial management training. Veronicah farms maize and beans, as well as rearing cattle. She is borrowing a Kiva loan to buy seeds and fertilizer. She hopes this will increase her production, and hence increase her income. She will use the anticipated income to provide food and pay school fees for her children.

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

In this group: Esther, Veronicah, Elizabeth


This loan is special because:

It provides startup loans to risky businesses and underserved people.



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