Week 7: Interviews in Asamama

We were privileged to have Stephen Abu join us this week in Asamama to interview potential loan recipients. With so many qualifying students, we spent six straight hours in interviews. The process was very helpful for us in narrowing down the group to those who are best suited to receive micro loans. We were able to determine the loan amounts that we would want to potentially issue to each recipient.

We have also been making appointment with past loan recipients who are behind on their payments. The boys have been making a big push with one particular debtor who has a large and very old payment. We have visited him three times so far, and Spencer has made a deal with him. We are really hoping that we will be able to collect from him this coming Monday, relieving WSV of the burden and helping him to be debt free!

While visiting past loan recipients in Ekorso, Rachel stopped by one of the students that she funded last month. Regina runs a provision store from a great location, but she didn’t have the money to buy inventory, as she was using all of her profits to pay her children’s school fees. After receiving the loan, her store is looking great and fully stocked! Business has been good for her. It is always very rewarding to see the difference that a small loan can make in the life of a single person.

Regina in Ekorso

Asamama Interviews