{"id":49587,"date":"2020-06-30T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T19:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging24.finca.org\/uncategorized-en-gb\/beating-the-odds-during-covid-19"},"modified":"2024-11-04T02:17:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T07:17:56","slug":"beating-the-odds-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finca.org\/en-gb\/beating-the-odds-during-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"Beating the Odds During COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eug\u00e9nie Kabeya became a FINCA customer in 2003 and has built her business of sewing women\u2019s clothes with a mix of grit and entrepreneurial spirit\u2014and loans from FINCA DR Congo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first month of the pandemic, Eug\u00e9nie lost 70 percent of her monthly revenue and could only retain five of the 12 employees she had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pivoting to Stay in Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the manager of the local FINCA branch encouraged Eug\u00e9nie to make masks to compensate her business losses, Ms. Kabeya jumped into action. Through word-of-mouth, she received orders from her customers as well as associations and small enterprises. With these quick sales, she was soon able to call two employees back to work to support making masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Employee-of-Eugenie-Kabeya\"