Location: Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of
Congo
Age: 54
Business: Seamstress
Personal and Family Information: Married mother
with seven children
Loan Amount: $250
Régine’s two children are married, one is studying at the
university level, two are in primary school and the other two are
unable to attend. With this loan, Régine hopes to provide
for the well being of her entire family as well as send her two
youngest children to school.
The purpose of her loan is to increase her current sewing
operations. She will purchase two machines with the loan; one
for embroidery and the other for overcastting. Régine has been
sewing her entire life; she is well trained and well educated in
this field.