Ms Chombo intended to travel to the Middle East in search of work that would allow her to educate her four children. Things changed course after one of the members of Nikumbuke women’s group that she belongs to benefited from a Jasiri loan and briefed them about the project. Chombo was later invited to Lunga Lunga for entrepreneurial training and was among those who took a Kes 30000 loan from Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT).
The mother of five used a loan to start a maize vending business; eventually using the revenue from the maize vending business to create a retail shop in Kwale town, which she said was also doing well.
Ms Chombo says that the Jasiri loan has allowed her to provide care to her children, including her late sister’s child. “I am currently paying school fees for all six children, one in college in Lamu, two in secondary school in form four and form one, and the other three in grades seven and five,” she revealed.
She says the Jasiri loans have empowered many other women survivors of violence in Kwale County. She has no regrets about canceling her plans to travel to the Middle East since the Jasiri initiative has profoundly changed her life and the lives of her children.
