This is Jacky and her youngest twins Sonia and Barbara. Jacky is 23 years old and a mother of nine children. She was married at the age of fourteen. Jacky’s husband has been in jail for the last five years and she is now the sole provider for her children.
Jacky comes from a poor background where her mother brewed local beer (busa) to sell. Jacky too followed in her mother’s footsteps and makes busa to sell together with a small banana plantation. Jacky’s children often go hungry and are usually with neighbors or friends because she is away for long hours.
Jacky was given a micro credit loan of around US$150 to lease a small piece of land near her home for potato and banana planting to sell commercially. This gives Jackie the ability to slowly start to sustainably increase her family income. She will repay her initial loan and then take out a series of larger loans until she is able to continue without further assistance. It will be a long road for her, but she now moves forward with hope. She will one day be able to stay at home and take care of her children at the same time. Jacky is currently receiving training on how to successfully work and grow a small business, and how to save money. We welcome Jacky and her children to the Captivating / ACDF micro loans family. We look forward to seeing Jacky start her new small business and to see her nine children have the future that each child deserves with education and a mother who is there to care and love them.
Our congratulations to the ACDF team who continue to expand this program. Also, to Everlyne (Captivating’s Program Manager in Kenya) our congratulations on all you are achieving for these families (close to 200 families are now in this program).
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