Dokpalala is a community made up of sixteen members comprise five women and eleven men who farm the land to provide for their families. They range in age from 31 to 69.

At 69, Kossiwa Ablometi is their oldest member. He is a widower with twelve grown up children aged between 29 and 50. He still looks after some of them and a few of his own siblings who require financial support. He’s a simple man who says all he wants to do is works hard to take care of his children.

Kodzo Agbozo is 31, and the youngest member of the group. He is married with four children aged 15, 9, 6 and just 1. Three of his children attend school whilst he and his wife grow maize and pineapples to make a living. In the future Kodzo wants is to increase his plot size and be able to build a house for his family.

Despite the difference in their ages all the members of the group share an ambition – to provide a better standard of living for their family and to give their children the opportunity of an education and a better future.

This will be the second loan that the group has received. They have fully repaid their first loans and received a range of useful trainings, from business planning, to getting the most out of their land and planning for loans repayments. They are now ready for another loan as they are beginning farming activities next season. The loan will help them to have better harvests and sell their crops at a better price.