By Francis Mbewe | Project Leader
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.
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