By Ally Lynch | Manager, Online Marketing
99 percent of Opportunity Internationa's global team are nationals. Our frontline staff comprises deposit mobilization officers, customer service officers, tellers and branch managers. Loan officers provides financial literacy training and support clients in selecting financial services and monitors loan repayments.
Our loan officers are at the heart of our work. Many of them become mentors, acting as catalysts for a lifetime of stability for clients and their families. In spite of their immense potential, the most talented professionals in the developing world lack access to the tools they need to grow professionally. By providing exceptional training, Opportunity International is equipping local, talented staff to become leaders in building the economies of their own communities.
It is because of our local loan officers that clients like Wilbert believe in Opportunity International and return for mutliple loan cycles as they grow the capaicty of their business.
Wilbert is an Opportunity client who owns a shop at Mtongani area of Tegeta in Dar es Salaam in which he sells different types of drinks like soda, water, and energy drinks. He is able to earn gross sales of 200,000 TZ shillings per day.
He has been an Opportunity client in the past and this will be his second loan cycle. He plans on using this loan to purchase additional stock for his business. Having more stock in his business means larger sales each month so he can continue to pay for his children tuition at the nearby secondary school and for his oldest which is now at Dar Es Salaam University.
Your support and the suport of his local loan officer has helped Wilbert grow his business and provide for his family. He is now able to pay tuition fees for his children and has a savings account and a safety net for his family. He hopes his children will receive a good education and, one day, help him in business.
By Ally Lynch | Manager, Online Marketing
By Madeline Stone | Marketing and Communications Associate
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