Beatrice Sichone is a member of Kapyandoshi WEAVE women’s microfinance and village banking group, which she joined in February, 2011. Her group has 21 members and total group fund of 1, 800,000 Zambian kwacha (ZMK). Beatrice has ZMK48,000 in mandatory and ZMK190, 000 in voluntary savings.
She got her first loan of ZMK50, 000 from the group and bought fertilizer, vegetable and