Nasanga Mariam is 28 year old bussiness
woman who owns a restaurant. She has 2 children a girl and a boy. Her bussiness
is located in Kyengera Trading center,12km from Kampala city. During an interaction
she narreted that;
“I received a loan worth 1,000,000 from change a
life Uganda six months ago with guidance from the loan officers, I used the money
to expand my business/restaurant .”
Before this loan her business was on small scale; she
worked by myself, did not have a blender to make juice, used to buy one crate
of beer and one of soda, had afew chairs, did not know how to save and keep
records.
The restaurant before Mariam got the Loan
But after getting the loan she explained that;
“ I have managed to employ a few people to help me
out, I aquired a refregretor from the Pepsi company due to the buying of more
crates of soda which has boosted my resturant sales since I can now provide
cold drinks to my customers.”
The blender she bought with the loan money
She went further to narrate that;
“From my profits I have managed to enter a fuel business; buying three Jerry
cans of fuel and selling to cars stationed at the washing bay neighboring my
restaurant. I have also managed to get some good profits from this business
because I sell more than two Jerry cans a day.”
According to
the status of Mariam’s business am quite confident that by the end of this
month she will be able to pay back her loan.
Sponsorship Program officer (Adult Literacy) CALU
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