1000 Microloan for Rural Women in Zambia

Chisomo is a single monther of 4 living in Magazine, a peri urban community in Chipata. Struggling to fend for her 4 children, she decided to get a job as a maid, which was not well paying.. The struggle continued untill she heard of Kukula Micro Loan Program and decided to enroll on the program.

6 months today, Chisomo makes $275 monthly profit from her small stand were she sales vegetables, tomatos and other dry foods.

Chisomo is able to put her children in School, afford a monthly contribution for a medical insurance and also bought a 20x30 piece of plot to start building her home.

Like Chisomo many women have continued benefiting from our microloan program, thanks to donors and supporters like you.

Together we are creating opportunities for women in rural and peri urban communities of Eastern Province and helping them to embark on a road to break the cycle of poverty in their family.

Thanks for your continued support our donors.

Regards

How could Alinafe run a successful farm when she couldn’t afford to buy seeds and fertiliser? As a mother of three young children and caretaker of her mother-in-law, she had a lot of mouths to feed and not enough funds to make it happen.

Joining a microloan group meant access to loans and essential business training. These tools, plus Alinafe’s hard work were enough to change the reality for her and her dependants.

This is only Alinafe’s first loan cycle and it’s just the beginning. She can already see a brighter future ahead for herself and her family with the higher yield the irrigation and inputs will produce.

Not only is she now running a profitable farm, but she and her husband are able to afford essential items for the family, including clothes, food, and soap.

She told us that provisions of irrigation loans are a great idea. This has meant that she has been able to cultivate without many of the problems of the past.

In the future, with our’s support, she hopes to educate her children to a university level.

Beans, potatoes, and tomatoes have unlocked doors for Alinafe, her family, and her community.