USAID Kenya and East Africa:
Samuel Odoyo is a member of the Young Keys Youth Group in Machakos. The group has helped members save money and take loans to start small businesses, such as boda boda (motorbike taxi) services.
USAID Kenya and East Africa:
Samuel Odoyo at his motorbike repair shop.
USAID Kenya and East Africa:
Charles Ochieng is the Chairman of the Young Keys Group. Together the group's members have accumulated savings in Rafiki Microfinance Bank in Wote, Machakos.
USAID Kenya and East Africa:
Fred Oyoo is a member of Young Keys Youth Group in Wote, Machakos County. He started a boda boda business with a loan from the Wote branch of Rafiki Microfinance Bank.
USAID Kenya and East Africa:
Austin Otieno is the vice chairman of the Young Keys Group in Machakos County. He started a boda boda business with a loan from Rafiki Microfinance Bank through his youth group.
USAID Kenya and East Africa:
Elizabeth Muthui is the treasurer of the Young Keys Group in Machakos County.
USAID Kenya and East Africa:
Denis Muia is the vice secretary of the Young Keys Group in Machakos County. Through his group's membership in the Rafiki Microfinance Bank's Wote branch, Denis was able to take a loan and open a movie rental and cinema business.
USAID Kenya and East Africa:
A young boy at the movie theater owned by Denis Muia in Machakos.
USAID Kenya and East Africa:
Samuel Odoyo has started two small businesses since Rafiki Microfinance Bank made loans for boda bodas available in Wote, Machakos.