A loan helped a member to buy "bissap" [a drink made from dried hibiscus flowers], baobab fruit, ginger, and "lait callé" [a lemony yogurt sauce] to make juice.


10_ And Liguery Bargny Group's story

This banc villageois was established in September 2015. It is composed of women who live in the same neighborhoods and work in retail commerce.

Madame Khar is married. She is 53 years old and the mother of five children. She works selling fruit juices.

With her loan, she plans to buy "bissap" [a drink made from dried hibiscus flowers], baobab fruit, ginger, and "lait callé" [a lemony yogurt sauce] to make juice. She makes cereals to resell from her house. She has good experience in this field.

With her profits, she plans to participate in a savings group and to pay for the education of her daughter.

In this group: Khar , Mame Yatou , Fatou , Bineta , Marietou , Fatoumata

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Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Holly Torpey.


This loan is special because:

It empowers women in rural and suburban Senegal.



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