A loan helped to buy 50 pieces of pagne cloth.


Salimata's story

Mrs. Salimata is married and the mother of 4 children. The oldest is 25 years old and the youngest is 10 years old. Three of the children are in school and she provides for 5 people in her family.

Mrs. Salimata has been selling clothes and pagne cloth for the past 15 years. She stocks up at her neighbourhood market. With this loan, she plans to buy 50 pieces of pagne cloth. She hopes to use the profits from her sales to purchase a refrigerator. Her goal is to open a pagne shop and to pay for her children's education.

Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Monique ROSS.


This loan is special because:

It empowers borrowers to grow their businesses.



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