Sesilia S. Lwenje

Sector : Food
Country : Tanzania
Town : Mbozi
Loan Amount : $375
Mambo (greetings) from Tanzania! This is 35-year-old Sesilia Lwenje from Mlowo, Mbozi, She is married with two children aged 12 and 15. Additionally, she is responsible for supporting two dependents because they are orphans. Sesilia has been running a “mama lishe” (local restaurant or café) and a crops/maize selling business since 2005. A local restaurant or café in Tanzania usually consists of a rough wooden table and some long, wooden benches. The food is all-local: rice, ugali (a hot sticky dough, made from maize flour), plantain (a cooked savory banana), all served with beans, vegetables, meat, and a variety of sauces. Sesilia works at the business for twelve hours per day, six days per week and is assisted by her husband. She currently earns about 82 USD from her business. Sesilia is requesting a loan in order to purchase more beans, rice, sugar and salt in bulk. In the future, she plans to increase the quantity of items in her business. She thanks you for your support! About SELFINA: SELFINA has taken a lead role as a pioneer of micro-credit in Tanzania through Micro-Leasing. The organization is engaged in the economic empowerment of women in Tanzania through the provision of a leasing and leaseback microfinance facility. Customs and traditions in Tanzania make it difficult for women to own land and assets, thus they are termed non-creditworthy by financial institutions. This leads to poor financial support and poor access to basic needs and services for women with low incomes. One of the primary advantages of micro-leasing is that it allows clients to use the equipment as collateral for future loans with SELFINA, thus enabling them to borrow larger sums in the future.