A loan helped a member to buy a weighing machine and more meat for resale so as to meet his customers' demands and increase his income to provide food and pay school fees for his child.


Milimani Welfare Society Group's story

The man standing in the photo is Peter. He is 41 years old and a father of one child. He is a member of Milimani Welfare Society group, which joined Hand in Hand Eastern Africa in the year 2016 and has benefited from enterprise-development and financial-management training.

Peter is a butcher. He is borrowing a Kiva loan to buy a weighing machine and more meat for resale. He hopes this will meet his customers' demands, hence increasing his income. He will therefore use the anticipated income to provide food for his family and pay school fees for his child.

He is grateful to Kiva and its lenders for the financial support and promises to repay promptly.

In this group: Peter , Floice, Charity, Veronicah, James, Purity, Peter


This loan is special because:

It provides startup loans to risky businesses and underserved people.



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