Ngnat went back to Sierra Leone for this month’s Kiva loan–I believe because she likes the melodic sound of the name, each time stopping me there as I reel off the names of the available countries. After that we inspect the various entrepreneurs’ pictures until she decides who to extend a loan to.
This month’s loan goes to the Laneh Kuru Group, who seem like very…tough businesswomen.
Its members are Aminata Bangura, the group leader, who sells clothes and shoes and Sallamatu Kamara, who sells second-hand clothes. They want a loan of Le 2,000,000.00.
This group has experienced the benefit of getting a loan because through a previous loan from SMT their businesses have kept on growing. Having now repaid their last loan, they are asking for a new loan from Kiva to help them further expand their businesses.
Aminata is 49 years old. She was born in Lunsar, about 50 miles west of Makeni. She is currently residing in Makeni where she trades in clothes together with her five chilren. Her husband remains in Lunsar, where he farms together with his other wives.
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