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Name: Kadiatu Sanu

County: Sierra Leone

Financing: 100 €

Project: Rice cultivation and motorcycle taxi

How Kadiatu successfully builds her business:

Kadiatu receives interest-free microfinance of €100. She first grows rice and then uses the proceeds and her own money to buy a motorbike. She uses this to transport people from one place to another for a fee. She uses part of her earnings to finance her daughter's vocational training as a nurse and housekeeper in another country. Kadiatu can pass the €100 on to the next woman after eight months.

Name: Kadiatu Sanu

Country: Sierra Leone

Financing: 100 €

Project: Rice cultivation and motorcycle taxi

How Kadiatu successfully builds her business:

Kadiatu receives interest-free microfinance of €100. She first grows rice and then uses the proceeds and her own money to buy a motorbike. She uses this to transport people from one place to another for a fee. She uses part of her earnings to finance her daughter's vocational training as a nurse and housekeeper in another country. Kadiatu can pass the €100 on to the next woman after eight months.

Name: Kadiatu Sanu

County: Sierra Leone

Financing: 100 €

Project: Rice cultivation and motorcycle taxi

How Kadiatu successfully builds her business:

Kadiatu receives interest-free microfinance of €100. She first grows rice and then uses the proceeds and her own money to buy a motorbike. She uses this to transport people from one place to another for a fee. She uses part of her earnings to finance her daughter's vocational training as a nurse and housekeeper in another country. Kadiatu can pass the €100 on to the next woman after eight months.

The success story of Kadiatu Sanu:

The success story of Kadiatu Sanu:

The success story of Kadiatu Sanu:

Kadiatu lives in a small village about five kilometers from the town of Gbinti. She is 41 years old and is involved in farming and trading. Her family consists of herself and her six children.


Kadiatu was very interested in starting her own business and was therefore invited by one of the coordinators of SEN (KETAAKETI partner in Sierra Leone) to work in one of the microfinance groups.

Her wish has always been to invest in agriculture, especially rice farming. She believes in its economic benefits because it allows her and her family to provide themselves with food and at the same time sell some of it. In order to achieve economic success more quickly, she decided to invest in motorcycle transportation. In her area, motorcycles are the only available and reliable means of transportation.

Kadiatu lives in a small village about five kilometers from the town of Gbinti. She is 41 years old and is involved in farming and trading. Her family consists of herself and her six children.


Kadiatu was very interested in starting her own business and was therefore invited by one of the coordinators of SEN (KETAAKETI partner in Sierra Leone) to work in one of the microfinance groups.

Her wish has always been to invest in agriculture, especially rice farming. She believes in its economic benefits because it allows her and her family to provide themselves with food and at the same time sell part of it. In order to achieve economic success more quickly, she decided to invest in motorcycle transportation. In her area, motorcycles are the only available and reliable means of transportation.

Kadiatu lives in a small village about five kilometers from the town of Gbinti. She is 41 years old and is involved in farming and trading. Her family consists of herself and her six children.


Kadiatu was very interested in starting her own business and was invited by one of the coordinators of SEN (KETAAKETI partner in Sierra Leone) to work in one of the microfinance groups. Her wish was always to invest in agriculture, especially rice cultivation. She believes in its economic benefits because it allows her and her family to provide themselves with food and at the same time sell some of it. In order to achieve economic success more quickly, she decided to invest in motorcycle transport. In her area, motorcycles are the only available and reliable means of transport.

''No SEN, no progress in my agriculture and motorcycle taxi (...) may God bless the founders of KETAAKETI!''

Kadiatu Sanu

''No SEN, no progress in my agriculture and motorcycle taxi (...) may God bless the founders of KETAAKETI!''

Kadiatu Sanu

With the help of the microfinance she received from SEN, she initially paid assistants to help her prepare her field for rice cultivation. She also decided to mechanize her agricultural activities by renting a tractor. Rice cultivation achieved better yields thanks to this decision to use a tractor to plough and sow the field with seeds.

The motorcycle was also a worthwhile investment. In addition to her transport business, Kadiatu also uses it to take her children to school.


Things are going very well for Kadiatu in the agricultural sector. If she gets the chance, she would like to invest further in this area so that she can continue to rent tractors for ploughing and harrowing the crops in the future.

However, she stated that she wants to give up the motorcycle transportation system as it is difficult for her to find a reliable driver to undertake the task.

With the help of the microfinance she received from SEN, she initially paid assistants to help her prepare her field for rice cultivation. She also decided to mechanize her agricultural activities by renting a tractor. Rice cultivation achieved better yields thanks to this decision to use a tractor to plough and sow the field with seeds.

The motorcycle was also a worthwhile investment. In addition to her transport business, Kadiatu also uses it to take her children to school.


Things are going very well for Kadiatu in the agricultural sector. If she gets the chance, she would like to invest further in this area so that she can continue to rent tractors for ploughing and harrowing the crops in the future.

However, she stated that she wants to give up the motorcycle transportation system as it is difficult for her to find a reliable driver to undertake the task.

''No SEN, no progress in my agriculture and motorcycle taxi (...) may God bless the founders of KETAAKETI!''

Kadiatu Sanu

Why is the quality of our images sometimes not so good?

There is a very simple reason for this: donations are not used for expensive cameras. The NGOs and people in the countries concerned document their stories themselves - with the means at their disposal. New and good cameras and cell phones are very rare there, so the quality of the images is what it is - but these impressions are authentic and real.

With the help of the microfinance she received from SEN, she initially paid assistants to help her prepare her field for rice cultivation. She also decided to mechanize her farming activities by renting a tractor for ploughing.

Rice cultivation achieved better yields thanks to their decision to use a tractor to plough and sow the field with seeds.

The motorcycle was also a worthwhile investment. In addition to her transport business, Kadiatu also uses it to take her children to school.


Things are going very well for Kadiatu in the agricultural sector. If she gets the chance, she would like to invest further in this area so that she can continue to rent tractors for ploughing and harrowing the crops in the future.

However, she stated that she wants to give up the motorcycle transportation system as it is difficult for her to find a reliable driver to undertake the task.

Why is the quality of our images sometimes not so good?

There is a very simple reason for this: donations are not used for expensive cameras. The NGOs and people in the respective countries document their stories themselves - with the means at their disposal. New and good cameras and cell phones are very rare there, so the quality of the images is what it is - but these impressions are authentic and real.

Why is the quality of our images sometimes not so good?

There is a very simple reason for this: donations are not used for expensive cameras. The NGOs and people in the respective countries document their stories themselves - with the means at their disposal. New and good cameras and cell phones are very rare there, so the quality of the images is what it is - but these impressions are authentic and real.

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