Viviane Mukagatare is from Nyamagabe, Rwanda. She has 8 children. She needs a loan of $500 to purchase more sewing materials.
Viviane Mukagatare is from Nyamagabe, Rwanda. She has 8 children. She needs a loan of $500 to purchase more sewing materials.
Vivianne owns a sewing business. Her biggest challenge is that she has to travel a long distance to buy materials and her profits are suffering because of it.
A loan will enable Vivianne to invest in her business and improve the quality of her work. She plans to use her profits to pay the school fees for her eight children and improve her family's quality of life.
In the future, Vivianne hopes to expand her business and begin to sell clothes, not only repair them.
In areas where the poor live alongside the more affluent, businesses in the service sector can be very successful. Services include flower cultivation, tailoring/sewing, transportation, repair work, beauty salons and barber shops, and restaurants. Loans are needed to begin, expand, or sustain business with tools and supplies. Loans given to entrepreneurs in the service sector account for around 7% of our loans.
Viviane Mukagatare is from Nyamagabe, Rwanda. She has 8 children. She needs a loan of $500 to purchase more sewing materials.
The rural community of Nyamagabe is among the most densely populated regions in Rwanda. A large percentage of residents live in poverty, struggling to survive on poor harvests. The community suffers from an acute water shortage and poor hygiene, which lead to waterborne illnesses and diseases such as malaria and worms.
The majority of homes have roofs made of iron sheets or tiles, though some are simply thatched with grass.
Many children in child-headed households live in old, collapsing shelters that do not have lockable doors or windows. The community’s 13 primary and three secondary schools suffer from high dropout rates, as many children cannot afford school fees. Families in this region are still suffering the effects of the 1990s’ genocide that left many orphans and widows in its wake.
In order to improve livelihoods and create a sustainable future for families in Nyamagabe, World Vision is providing school supplies and constructing classrooms; building homes for orphans and vulnerable children; increasing income-generating opportunities through agricultural training and assistance; constructing water tanks; and providing HIV and AIDS care and support.
Viviane Mukagatare is from Nyamagabe, Rwanda. She has 8 children. She needs a loan of $500 to purchase more sewing materials.
Viviane invested some of her loan in the purchase of materials for her business of repairing clothes. Because she has many children and is the sole provider, she has used some of her loan to provide for their needs.
Viviane is deeply thankful for the loan's contribution toward her business and especially the help it has given her family.
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Viviane used the loan to buy new machine for her sewing. She has been able to improve her standard of living due to the productivity increase of her business.
Viviane did not pay her loan back on track because of being a widow and having to take care of 4 children. While she has not paid it back completely on time, she worked very hard to repay the loan. She is thankful to everyone who helped make her loan possible.
These funds are now available to help another worthy entrepreneur in her community. Thank you for supporting Viviane and World Vision Micro!
