KENYA - $5,000

Quaker Women in Rural Economic Development

Project Coordinator: Mrs. Fanisi V. Jimongo

Loans will be given to beneficiaries in groups of five members. Each group will be responsible for each member's loan repayment. Beneficiaries will be trained in aspects of small business activities and record keeping. Each member will be lent $70 to engage in various income-generating projects such as buying and selling maize and beans, vegetables and fish. The three young men will buy bicycles for hire. Loan repayments will be made monthly at 2% interest. All twenty members will be trained in organic farming and indigenous crops to help establish an indigenous grain market. Already each group member is required to prepare manure compost as qualification of group membership (in addition to monthly dues of $1.50). The group will purchase seventeen milking goats at $60 each for females and $75 for males. Each of the women will receive one milking goat while the men will keep the male.

# OF PEOPLE/ACTIVITY	LOAN/PERSON	MONTHLY INCOME/PERSON
20/milking goats	$135	$35
5/growing and selling grains	$75	$60
20/growing and selling vegetables	$75	$30
3 men/bicycles	$75	$145

From Aquavis' site visit report, "The group has the ability to carry out the project as they have sufficient knowledge in self-help activities. Most members are implementing some of the proposed activities, e.g. organic farming of traditional vegetables. Members are also preparing manure compost as a requirement of membership, keeping the project focused. The group holds meeting every month to pray together as they make their contribution through table banking thus initiating credit facilities for borrowing. This is a viable project organized by committed Quaker women."

Project completed: June 30, 2009