Jean

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Jean
Location: Rwanda
Activity: Food | Food Market

About the Loan
Loan Amount: $525
Loan Use: A loan of $525 helps Jean to purchase more Irish potatoes to sell.
Date Listed: Mar 2, 2012

Jean is 40 years old and married. He owns a business selling Irish potatoes. This is his third successful year in this business–he is open from 6 am until 9 pm every day with four people to help him. Jean has requested a Kiva loan via Vision Finance Company in order to purchase more Irish potatoes to sell. With the profits from the loan, he will be able to save for the future.

About Vision Finance Company s.a – Rwanda (VFC)
Vision Finance Company (VFC) was Kiva’s first partner in Rwanda. Established in 1999, VFC is an affiliate of World Vision International. Since its founding, VFC has been committed to alleviating poverty in Rwanda by ensuring that poor people have access to credit to support business initiatives that will improve their life circumstances.

VFC has a broad set of products and services, offering Community Banking services for self-selected groups of 10-30 borrowers, Solidarity Group services for more experienced groups of entrepreneurs, and Individual Loans for customers who already have a small established business. Vision Finance is also among the very few financial institutions targeting farmers and providing agricultural credit options in Rwanda, where access to credit is critical to the success of agricultural enterprises.