By Ally Lynch | Manager, Online Marketing
Mother to 11 children, Justine lives on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda, where more than one meal a day is a luxury and education is a mere dream. Following the death of her sister to AIDS, she was faced with the daunting task of caring for her three orphaned nieces and nephews. Justine found support from Opportunity Uganda. She used her first loan to launch a pig farm—with just two pigs—right in her own back yard. Ten years later, having gained confidence and extensive training in business management, Justine owns 40 pigs and a retail shop that her son manages.
Thanks to Opportunity’s Education Finance program, Justine can take advantage of school fee loans that allow her to cover her children’s tuition, textbooks, uniforms and supplies and repay over the course of the school year from her business proceeds. Additionally, Opportunity Uganda’s recent launch of the EduSave plan assures Justine that her children’s education will continue in the event of her death or disablement. All she has to do to earn the free school fee insurance is to make qualifying deposits into her savings account.
Like most Opportunity clients, Justine doesn’t believe in impossible.
Because of you, Justine is unstoppable.
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