After observing a regularly scheduled weekly Village Organization meeting of about 30women who were repaying their BRAC microfinance loans, we were invited to visit a few of the women's homes and see their businesses. Ariful Islam, BRAC's Country Manager is pictured above with one of the first BRAC Ugandan Branch Managers, Haijara, and Margaret, a VO member who took a 200,000 Schilling loan for working capital as she sells tomatoes, bananas and other fresh food. She also makes fast food and sells snacks at her roadside wooden stand in front of her home along a dusty village road on the outskirts of Kampala. She rents this 2 room home for 25,000 Schillings a month for herself and 4 children.
Susan
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