Odette Nyirakubwimana is from Ruhengeri/Nyarutovu, Rwanda. She needs a loan of $375 Expanding business through purchasing more food.
Odette Nyirakubwimana is from Ruhengeri/Nyarutovu, Rwanda. She needs a loan of $375 Expanding business through purchasing more food.
Odette Nyirandikubwimana has been a food stuff retailer for two years. Her business is open for 12 hours a day. With this loan, Odette will be able to expand her business by purchasing more food stuff like rice, small dried fish, cassava flour, tomatoes and many other items.
With the profits from this loan, Odette hopes to buy a house and save for her future. She believes that with the loan, she will be able to pay the school fees for her neighbor's children who do not have enough money to pay for them on their own. She also believes that this loan will change her life and benefit her community.
Odette is 24 years old, single and lives with her mother in the village called Base.
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.
Odette Nyirakubwimana is from Ruhengeri/Nyarutovu, Rwanda. She needs a loan of $375 Expanding business through purchasing more food.
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.
Odette Nyirakubwimana is from Ruhengeri/Nyarutovu, Rwanda. She needs a loan of $375 Expanding business through purchasing more food.
Odette used her loan from World Vision to purchase fish which she sells in her shop. She is grateful for the donors who funded her loan, as has been able to save some money for the future and improve her family's living conditions. One of the main challenges she is facing with her business is inflation. Her prayer request is that she would be able to pay back her loan on time, expand her business in the future.
Odette sells foodstuffs. She used her loan to purchase more products and also bought a cow. The cow has provided fertililzer and will also give milk that she will be able to sell. She is thankful to all of the donors who contributed.
She has repaid her loan in full. These loan funds are now available to help another worthy entrepreneur in Odette's community. Thank you for supporting Odette and World Vision Micro!
