Blogathon #55-Kiva Stories #4

Odo Ne Ye Group-Soft Drinks

Serwaa is forty-eight years old. She is divorced and has given birth to five children. She is a trader and trades in mineral water (soft drinks). She sells in a store in her community.

Serwaa is the leader of a trust bank group called “Odo ne ye” which literally means “It is good to love”. She is in the middle of the group photograph.

Most of the members of this group are traders, food vendors and or farmers. They work to support their spouses to provide for their families. They buy their raw materials, wares or goods from other towns and sometimes from nearby communities and sell at the local market square. Some of them trek to other towns to sell on their market days as well. The members have been in business for sometime and have amassed a great deal of experience in their businesses. They are therefore asking for the loan to help them procure more goods to be able to expand their businesse