A loan helped a member to buy rams for resale in order to be able to build a sheet metal house for his family.


Cessiri Group's story

Bourama is the client pictured holding the ram's horns. He is from Mali, is 51 years old, and raises rams for a living. He is married and the father of eleven children, ages 3 to 22. Six of his children attend school. His wife is a housekeeper and runs a small business at home.

Bourama frequently attends Koranic school, where he learns to read and write. He has turned to RMCR to avoid bad loans. He gets supplies from weekly fairs in his neighborhood and makes sales at the same fairs. He has been involved in this activity for over 20 years.

Thanks to support from RMCR, his business is running well. He is pleased that his livestock raising business generates profits as well as organic manure for his fields. He has no complaints with the way his business is progressing because he hasn't encountered any negative effects of the loan from RMCR on his personal life nor that of his family. In the future, he hopes to build a sheet metal house for his family.

In this group: Yacouba, Bourama, Birama, Adama

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Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Eva Nichols.


This loan is special because:

It empowers farmers and entrepreneurs in underserved areas in Mali.



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