Location: Manyetta, Kenya
Age: 54 years old
Business: General Kiosk
Loan Amount: $75
Personal and Family Information:
Single mother with four children who earns $75 a year
Ms. Aiyanai is a single mother of four children from a small town
near Nairobi, Kenya. Helen comes from a rural community and was
unable to complete school past the sixth grade. She hopes that her
children will be able to complete their studies. Her daughter Mercy
(pictured) is blind and has recently begun kindergarten at the age
of 12.
Helen has worked her whole life in the shamba (a garden) and feels
she is getting old for this back-breaking work. She would like to
use the loan money to open a general kiosk where she can sell
bread, vegetables, eggs, and other food items. She has already
built the kiosk and only needs funds for supplies and
inventory
Helen
in front of her Duka (shop)