SIERRA LEONE ($4,525)
Farming
Project Coordinator: Mrs. Safiatu Pedro Sankoh

100 women from the village of Katimpi, Kambia District are participating in this one-year project. There will be ten groups of ten women engaging in agricultural activities such as backyard gardening, vegetable, cash crop, and cassava planting. Their expected income is $100 per month. They will repay $35 and save $17. The balance of $48 will be equally shared among the women for a total of $5 per woman per month.

From Harold Johnson's site visit report, “My first project to visit was Katimpi Vulnerable Group at Kambia District. This project deals mainly in agriculture and petty trading. The young women in the group are the ones who sell the produce at the market on market day. They showed me records of how they distribute the produce and the monies they receive from the sales. The group is well organized and the women are doing their best to see that they combat poverty from their community.”

 

Project Completed: June 30, 2009