Agnes Musabyimana is from Mudasomwa, Rwanda. She needs a loan of $275 Purchase more merchandise.
Agnes Musabyimana is from Mudasomwa, Rwanda. She needs a loan of $275 Purchase more merchandise.
Agnes Musabyimana founded her grocery store at age 14! She'd love for you to help World Vision lend her enough to restock her beans, rice, sugar and potatoes.
Agnes' hopes for her earnings are to save money for her future, buy enough food for her family, and expand the business. She already has a local following.
Agnes is 19 years old, single. She lives in Mudasomwa Sector/ Nyamagabe District/ Southern Province.
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.
Agnes Musabyimana is from Mudasomwa, Rwanda. She needs a loan of $275 Purchase more merchandise.
Mudasomwa is a densely populated rural community in Rwanda. Families in this area grow crops such as sorghum, sweet potatoes, beans, and bananas. Soil quality is poor, and many families keep livestock simply to have manure to use as fertilizer.
Some homes have roofs made of iron sheets or tiles, while others are simply thatched with grass. Widows and children often live in homes with damaged walls and leaking roofs. Many children in this community live alone or care for younger siblings and are unable to attend school. Insufficient diets, unclean water, and lack of sanitary toilets and sinks increase the prevalence of diseases, including malaria, worms, and malnutrition. Health facilities in the area do not have enough supplies or staff to adequately serve the community.
World Vision is working to improve life for community members in Mudasomwa by providing vocational training, school supplies, healthcare, health education, food assistance, seeds and fertilizers, livestock, and water tanks.
Agnes Musabyimana is from Mudasomwa, Rwanda. She needs a loan of $275 Purchase more merchandise.
Agnes has used her loan from World Vision to purchase rice, sugar, beans, and cooking oil to sell in her grocery store. She was also able to save some money to purchase livestock. Her family and community have benefited from her food and goods. The main problem is that some of her goods were stolen, but she has still been able to make her loan payments.
Her prayer request is that she would use the loan well. In the future, she hopes to expand her business.
A grocery store owner since the age of 14, Agnes has expanded her business through purchasing additional products like beans, rice and salt. She is satisfying her customers and is making a profit. Agnes is meeting the needs of her family.
She is thankful to all donors who helped fund her loan.
Agnes has paid her loan back in full. These loan funds are now available to help another worthy entrepreneur in her community. Thank you for your support of Agnes and World Vision Micro!
