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30%

funded

11 days left

$3,000.00 to go

Total loan: $4,325

01_Cite Ouvriere Group

Senegal / Retail

A loan of $4,325 helps a member to buy fabrics that she will resell.

01_Cite Ouvriere Group's story

This group of six women is part of the 'banc villageois' that exists since May 2009. They live in the same district and share good relations of solidarity and friendship. They are active in commerce.
Madam Ndiougou, a very dynamic woman of 56 years, is on the right of the photo raising her hand. She is married and mother of four children, two boys and two girls that are all schooled.
Ndiougou has a little commerce of food commodities and fabrics that she buys in bulk to resell as retail at home. She has been capitalising on a good experience for more than 20 years in this industry.
With this new credit she plans to buy packages of wax and sail fabrics. She does not have great difficulties to sell her products because she sells on credit and gets her money back on a daily basis.
Her profits enable her to manage her expenses and the little money worries of her children.

In this group: Ndiougou, Aïda, Khady, Khady, Sokhna, Assiétou

Translated from French by Kiva volunteer Cathy Conzemius. View original language description.

Ce groupe constitué de six femmes fait partie du banc villageois qui existe depuis mai 2009; elles habitent le même quartier et partagent de bonnes relations de solidarité et d'amitié.Elles s'activent dans le commerce. Madame Ndiougou est une femme très dynamique elle a 56 ans,à droite et levant la main.Elle est mariée et mère de quatre enfants dont deux garçons et deux filles tous scolarisés. Ndiougou mène un petit commerce de denrées alimentaires et de tissus,elle achète en gros et revend au détail à domicile.Elle capitalise une bonne expérience de plus de 20 ans dans le domaine. Avec ce nouveau crédit elle compte acheter des paquets de tissus wax et de voile,elle n'a pas de grandes difficultés pour écouler ses produits car elle vend à crédit et récupère son argent journellement. Ses bénéfices lui permettent de gérer ses dépenses et les petits soucis d'argent de ses enfants.

This loan is special because:

It empowers women in rural and suburban Senegal.

Manon Genouille, Kiva staff

Manon Genouille
Kiva staff

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About CAURIE Microfinance:

The mission of CAURIE Micro Finance is to contribute sustainably and to offer microfinance services adapted to impoverished micro-entrepreneurs, primarily women, based on the principles of ‘credit for the poor’ and on microfinance best practices, all while investing in order to become financially independent.