Teopista Akware is a Life in Africa member now earning income through making beads from recycled paper. Buy Jungle Bead Gift Bundles for everyone on your holiday list.

Teopista Akware is a Life in Africa member now earning income through making beads from recycled paper. Buy Jungle Bead Gift Bundles for everyone on your holiday list. http://lifeinafrica.com/products/junglebeads/bundles.htm

Team Leader Teopista


As Community Guaranteed Lending team leader, Teopista reads through the promissory note with the borrowers in Life in Africa's first round of loans from kiva. (19 april 2006)

Teopista's loan for constructing a new rental property has been guaranteed by her peers at the Life in Africa community, and funded at http://kiva.org

Visit Kiva to read Teopista's full loan description and an ongoing journal about the impact of this loan.

Teopista Akware at the site where she is planning to build a house.



Teopista with her children, clearing the piece of land which she intends to build her house in.

Africa Speaks: Political Situations Holding Back Economic growth (Teopista Akware)

I Grace Ayaa have sat down with my client Teopista Akware and conducted an income assessment and came out with the following:

A- Source of income:

1- Salary LIA ----------- 100,000/=

2- Bracelets ------------ 280,000/=

TOTAL ------------380,000/=


B- EXPENDITURE :

1- Rent ----------- 40,000/=
2- School Fees ----------- 38,000/=
3- Feeding -----------90,000/=
4- Treatment -----------10,000/=
5- Water ----------- 10,000/=
6- Dependants ---------- 10,000/=

TOTAL ----------- 198,000/=

A - B = 380,000 -198,000 = --------182,000/=

Disposable balance ----------182,000/=

After looking at what Teopista remains with after her expenses, we decided that she is able to pay back her loan of 800,000/= in 12 months at 80,665/= @ month.

My Life in Africa: Teopista Akware

Teopista has been working hard to see that all her children go to school, despites the single handed situation that she is in.