Christine is a 30-year-old, married woman with four children. Three of her children are in school. She has had a food stall in Yambio, South Sudan for three years.

Christine is requesting this loan through BRAC South Sudan to purchase beans and rice. She will use the extra income from this loan to pay her children's school fees.

Mwanajuma is married and has six children who attend school. She operates a coconuts selling business and sells her goods at the market. She has worked in this business for 10 years. Her primary customers are the local are residents.

Mwanajuma is requesting a loan for 25,000 KES, which she will use to purchase more coconuts to sell. She describes her greatest business challenge to be seasonality. Her highest monthly expense is food. She owns a house that has neither electricity nor piped water. Mwanajuma aspires to expand her business in the future. She joined Yehu to access funds to expand her business.

Ahmad is in his mid-20s and single. He has been running a food shop for six years. He works from 7:00 A.M. to 9.00 P.M. daily, and is able to make a good monthly profit.

This will be his second loan from Jujijenge Tanzania Limited. He used the previous loan to re-stock missing items in his shop and pay household expenses. He has paid back all of his loans successfully. He wants a loan to buy 50 kilos of sugar, 50 kilos of rice, 30 kilos of wheat flour, 30 kilos of backing flour and a bucket of cooking oil. His dream is to build his own house.

He will share this loan with his loan group, "Buyuni," which has a total of 19 members who will hold each other accountable for paying back their loans.