Safiatou is mother of three children who attend school. She is a vendor and has been selling quality pagnes [traditional cloth wraps] for 15 years. She is on her sixth loan cycle with YIKRI and repaid her first Kiva loan without difficulty.
Safiatou is seeking a new loan to purchase quality traditional pagnes and quality clothing to meet customer demand during this period of the beginning of the holiday season. She wants to use her profits to reinvest in her business and to save to take care of her family.
She thanks Kiva lenders and invites everyone to protect themselves from the COVID-19 virus.

Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Siobhan Coady. View original language description.