Christine Mukamwiza is from Gakenke, Rwanda. She has 3 children. She needs a loan of $875 to purchase hoes, blankets, and machetes.
Christine Mukamwiza is from Gakenke, Rwanda. She has 3 children. She needs a loan of $875 to purchase hoes, blankets, and machetes.
Christine has a shop where she sells equipment such as hoes, blankets, and machetes. She has run this shop for 10 years, and works every day from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. In the past, limited capital has prevented her from growing her business.
Christine is 25 years old, is married, and has three children ranging in age from 9 years to 9 months. They live in a house made of bricks with a tin roof in Gakenke village, in the northern part of Rwanda.
This loan will allow Christine to expand her shop by buying more goods, and to provide food for her family. This is her third loan from World Vision.
Retail is a quick and scalable way to begin earning a profit. Many entrepreneurs entrepreneur begin with stalls at markets or even at home and need a loan to expand or increase their inventory. Others may be ready to open a small store. Goods purchased from loan funds range from clothing, grocery or sundry items to jewelry, candy, perfume or health and beauty supplies. Loans in the commerce sector account for around 33% of our loans.
Christine Mukamwiza is from Gakenke, Rwanda. She has 3 children. She needs a loan of $875 to purchase hoes, blankets, and machetes.
The community of Nyarutovu is located in a hilly area, with access to the road that leads into Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city. Families depend on crops, including passion fruit, green vegetables, and bananas, for income. The climate is characterized by three seasons—a short rainy season, a long dry season, and a long rainy season. The area is served by one small river.
More than 2,500 women in the community lost their husbands in the genocide of the 1990s and now struggle to generate income, often while dealing with the effects of HIV and AIDS. Many children in Nyarutovu live in child-headed households, eat only one meal a day, and don’t attend school.
In Nyarutovu, World Vision is constructing classrooms equipped with toilets, providing educational supplies and paying school fees, building homes for orphans and vulnerable children, ensuring that those with HIV and AIDS have access to medical care, and building water tanks for access to safe water.
Christine Mukamwiza is from Gakenke, Rwanda. She has 3 children. She needs a loan of $875 to purchase hoes, blankets, and machetes.
Christine invested in the purchase of machetes, hoes, blankets, and other items that she sells in her store. Business has improved as she can now attract more customers.
Christine feels successful and has been making repayment of her loan. She is grateful to those who sponsored her loan.
This loan has helped Christine to expand her business. Her profit increased from 50% to 70% since she received this loan. That is a 20% increase in profitability. Her business is doing well. The increase in her inventory helped to attract more customers and increase her sales. In the future she would like to do more and expand her business.
She can now better provide for the needs of her family, help with her children's schooling, and increase her standard of living. Christine is grateful to everyone who helped make this possible. She has paid her loan back in full. These loan funds are now available to go towards helping another worthy entrepreneur in her community. Thank you for supporting Christine and World Vision Micro!
