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Total loan: $1,125

Sidwata 04 Sapone Group

BOGODOGO, Burkina Faso / Animal Sales

A loan of $1,125 helps a member to buy 6 sheep and 5 goats for his animal raising business and reinvest the profits from this business.

Sidwata 04 Sapone Group's story

Tikoudougou is 42 years old and the leader of the group SIDWATA 04 SAPONE. He is married, with four children, the oldest is 21 and the youngest 11. Four of the children go to school and he also looks after 5 others. He has been raising animals for 14 years, which he stocks up from the markets in his village.

With the money granted, he expects to buy 6 sheep and 5 goats. He will reinvest the profits in his business and run a barbeque at the butchery. He always wants to build a house on the land he owns and continue his children's education.
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In this group: Tikoudougou, Michel

Previous loan details

Tikoudougou is the leader of the Sidwata 04 Sapone group. He is 41 years old, married and the father of four children. The oldest is 20 and the youngest is 10; four of them attend school. He has five dependents.

Tikoudougou has been farming and breeding animals for 13 years. He buys his stock at the markets in his village. He plans to use the loan money to buy five sheep and four goats. He wants to use his profits to expand by adding cattle-breeding to his business. He hopes to build a house to live in on his plot of land, and pay for his children's tuition.

Tikoudougou is 40 years old and is the leader of the Sidwata 04 Sapone Group. He is married and the father of four children. The oldest is 19 years old and the youngest is 9 years old. All four go to school. He has five dependents.

He has been farming and raising livestock for 12 years. He stocks up in the markets in his village.

With the awarded money he plans to buy 3 sheep and 4 goats. He wants to use the earnings from the loan to construct a house on his plot of land.

He dreams of expanding his business by also raising cattle to provide for his children's education.

Mr. Tikoudougou is in charge of the SIDWATA 04 SAPONE group. He is married and the father of four children between the ages of 8 and 18. All four of his children go to school and he has seven total dependents.

He has been involved in farming and livestock farming for 11 years. He buys his supplies in the neighborhing markets. With the money he earns, he wants to buy six sheep and three goats.

He wants to use the income from his loan to save. He wants to buy a parcel of land and raise cows.

Mr. Tikoudougou represents the group called Sidwata 04 Sapone. Salam is doing well, as are the other members, but he would like to be able to rest. Tikoudougou is married and the father of four children. The oldest is 17 and the youngest 7 years old. All four of them attend school, and Tikoudougou is responsible for six people.

Tikoudougou has been working in farming and livestock raising for more than 10 years. He buys his supplies in the surrounding villages. He wants to buy seeds (two containers of cabbage seed and two containers of zucchini seed) for his farming and three sheep for his livestock-raising business.

He intends to use his profit to expand his activities. He dreams of buying a plot of land for a family dwelling and a field for his farming business.

Salam represents the Sidwata 04 Sapone Group. He is married and a father of 4 children. The oldest is 15 years old and the youngest is 5 years old. 3 of them go to school. He is responsible for 11 people.
Salam has been farming for 9 years. He stocks up in town at Ouaga.
He would like to buy 6 rolls of wired fence.
He would like to use his earnings to enlarge his field of work.
He hopes to ensure schooling for his children.

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Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Tim Gibson. View original language description.

Mr TIKOUDOUGOU âgé de 42 ans est le responsable du groupe SIDWATA 04 SAPONE. Il est marié et père de 04 enfants. Le plus âgé a 21 ans et le moins âgé 11 ans. 04 enfants vont à l’école et il a 05 personnes en charge.

Mr fait l’agriculture et l’élevage depuis 14 ans. Il s’approvisionne dans les marchés de son village.

Avec l’argent octroyé, il compte s’acheter 06 moutons et 05 chèvres pour son activité et réinvestir ses bénéfices dans l'activité.

Il veut réinvestir les bénéfices du prêt dans l'activité et faire des grillades (boucherie). Il ambitionne toujours construire une maison d'habitation sur sa parcelle et assurer la scolarité des enfants.

This loan is special because:

It helps underserved farmers increase their output.

Manon Genouille, Kiva staff

Manon Genouille
Kiva staff

More about this loan

This loan is designed to support farmers in central Burkina Faso. Micro Start is administering this loan, which is part of a program originally initiated by the NGO Region Marce. As part of this program, these farmers and livestock raisers now have access to storage centers to stock their crops, and also benefit from training from agronomists and livestock experts in their region.

By funding this loan, you are helping Burkinabé farmers to develop their farming practices and generate a sustainable income.

About Micro Start/AFD:

This loan is administered by Micro Start/AFD, Kiva's first Field Partner in Burkina Faso. Micro Start/AFD's mission is to improve families' living conditions in general, and those of women in particular, by facilitating access to financial and non-financial services. Micro Start/AFD is a professional microfinance institution offering financial services, advice, and training. One of the organization's principal aims is to collect obligatory and voluntary savings that foster clients' financial independence. Micro Start/AFD also focuses on building female entrepreneurs' skills in management and business administration and improving the living conditions in its clients' communities.

Loan details

Loan length:

8 months

Repayment schedule: Irregularly

Disbursed date: February 10, 2021

Funding model: Fixed

Partner covers currency loss? Partially

Facilitated by Field Partner: Micro Start/AFD

Is borrower paying interest? Yes

Field Partner risk rating:

Lenders and lending teams

Country: Burkina Faso

Field Partner: Micro Start/AFD

Time on Kiva: 119 months

Kiva borrowers: 11,515

Total loans: $2,602,675

Average cost to borrower: 13% PY

Profitability (return on assets): 0.4%

Average loan size (% of per capita income): 211.20%

Delinquency rate: 70.16%

Loans at risk rate: 71.90%

Default rate: 0.31%

Currency exchange loss rate: 0.45%

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Repayment schedule

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	Expected	Actual	Comments
Jul 2021	$562.50	Available Jul 1
Oct 2021	$562.50	Available Oct 1

	Expected	Amount	Actual
Jul 2021
From borrower to Field Partner	May 10, 2021	306,543.17 XOF
From Field Partner to lenders	Jul 2021	$562.50	Available Jul 1
Oct 2021
From borrower to Field Partner	Aug 10, 2021	306,543.16 XOF
From Field Partner to lenders	Oct 2021	$562.50	Available Oct 1

*This loan is impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and your support is needed more than ever. Repayments may be delayed or lower than expected.

Loan details

Loan length:

8 months

Repayment schedule: Irregularly

Disbursed date: February 10, 2021

Funding model: Fixed

Partner covers currency loss? Partially

Facilitated by Field Partner: Micro Start/AFD

Is borrower paying interest? Yes

Field Partner risk rating:

Field Partner: Micro Start/AFD

Time on Kiva: 119 months

Kiva borrowers: 11,515

Total loans: $2,602,675

Average cost to borrower: 13% PY

Profitability (return on assets): 0.4%

Average loan size (% of per capita income): 211.20%

Delinquency rate: 70.16%

Loans at risk rate: 71.90%

Default rate: 0.31%

Currency exchange loss rate: 0.45%

More about Micro Start/AFD

What is a Field Partner?

Repayment schedule

Show advanced

	Expected	Actual	Comments
Jul 2021	$562.50	Available Jul 1
Oct 2021	$562.50	Available Oct 1

	Expected	Amount	Actual
Jul 2021
From borrower to Field Partner	May 10, 2021	306,543.17 XOF
From Field Partner to lenders	Jul 2021	$562.50	Available Jul 1
Oct 2021
From borrower to Field Partner	Aug 10, 2021	306,543.16 XOF
From Field Partner to lenders	Oct 2021	$562.50	Available Oct 1

*This loan is impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and your support is needed more than ever. Repayments may be delayed or lower than expected.

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Sidwata 04 Sapone Group

A loan of $1,125 helps a member to buy 6 sheep and 5 goats for his animal raising business and reinvest the profits from this business.

Sidwata 04 Sapone Group's story

This loan is special because:

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Lenders and lending teams

Country: Burkina Faso

Field Partner: Micro Start/AFD

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Field Partner: Micro Start/AFD

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