A loan helped a member to buy sheep to fatten.


Ndouff 1 Sope Serigne Fallou Group's story

The ''banc villageois'' was created in December 2019 and is made up of brave women who are active in commerce. They live in the same village and the surrounding area. They support one another.

Mrs. Coumba is a 50-year-old married woman and mother of 10 children, including 6 boys. Three of her children are still in school. She is active in sheep fattening. She is the representative of the group, on the right of the photo with a raised hand.

She will use the loan to buy 10 sheep to fatten and sell them next year.

She is doing well because she has been in this business for more than 10 years. She sells her sheep during religious ceremonies and is well known in the village as all the neigbourhood buy her products.

She will use the profits to strengthen her small business and to help her children with their expenses.

In this group: Coumba, Ndeye, Deguene, Ndeye Ndiongué, Diatta, Deguene, Deguene

Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Gosia MARKIEWICZ.


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It empowers entrepreneurs living in rural Senegal.



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