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The ten members of the group BENKADI 1 are married women, who average 43 years of age and four children each, all living in traditional families in KONDA, a village in Commune de TENE, Cercle de TOMINIAN (4th administrative region of the Republic of Mali). The women are collaborating with the microfinance institution Soro Yiriwaso to carry out their farm work during the rainy season. They are on their fifth loan with the institution. The past loans were indeed paid back.
The crop grown is: peanuts, as is the case with MASSARAN (the woman sitting in the middle in the photo). With her loan, she intends to purchase farm inputs, seeds, and tools and to pay for plowing to maintain: 2 hectares.
After harvest, the produce is sold to a customer base composed of men and women the village and in TENE. She envisions making an average profit of 45,000 francs CFA per planting. This profit will enable her to pay back her loan and also to help out her husband in covering day-to-day expenses.
In this group: Kayata, Massaran, Awa, Tata, Awa, Korotimi, Karya, Bintou Zoumana, Basso, Rokia
Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Daniel Kuey. View original language description.
