2020_ Impact of COVID-19 on VSLA participants in Rafa, Niger  

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Habo Jibji Farmer (40, 7 children - Husband Farmer), Village Rafa - Woman present during the peanut processing Nana Ibraim (orange veil), Oumema Issaka (Blue / Black veil), Saoudé Maigari (Veil (Black / blue point) ) - The coronavirus has affected our lives economically. People no longer go out for fear of catching it. There are no more shops. The hardest part is food every day. We are barely getting to 2 meals a day The family is large Currently I produce a little peanut oil 4 Measures (4 kilos of peanuts - 1250 cfa per kilo) cost 5000 cfa They manage to extract 4 liters of oil "they will sell 900 cfa. With the peanut paste which they transform into a small Tourto (small peanut balls). They can make 3000 cfa. The mill for obtaining the dough costs 100cfa per measure (for kilos) So in total, Expense 5000 cfa (peanuts) + Mill 400 cfa = 5400 cfa - Recipe 3000 cfa Tourto + 9 4l of oil 900 cfa = 6600 - They will make a profit of 1600 cfa for 3 hours of work which they must subdivide between them.

Currently within the group we can no longer pay the subscription and we can no longer make credit because we are unable to repay. If work does not resume soon it will become even more complicated for all of us.