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Fatma is in her early 40's, and is married and blessed with 2 school-going children. She works as a hair stylist and a cashier of her beauty salon, she's been running this business for 10 years. She is happy that it is doing great.

This will be Fatma's 5th loan from Tujijenge Tanzania. She used her previous loan, all of which she repaid successfully, to meet operational costs and purchased the missing items to grow her business. She is credited for providing a good service and with the profit earned, Fatma paid her loan dues, covered household expenses and school fees for her children. She is very grateful for the loan and thankful to Kiva for the massive support to her loan group "Ari Mpya".

She applied for this loan to buy more cosmetics such as hair jellies, shampoo, perfumes and baby powder, wigs, nail polishes and a hair drying machine for her business to grow. Fatma will share a portion of this loan with her loan group members of "Ari Mpya" and they will be responsible for paying back the loan.