Adding to basket
Prossy's group is comprised of two hard-working women. Prossy is 19 years old and lives in the town of Njeru, in the Njeru region of eastern Uganda. She has one child, and she is a single mother. For the past three years, Prossy has been working hard to manage her hardware business, which deals in construction supplies such as cement, iron sheets, etcetera.
To help expand her business, Prossy has requested a share of this loan of 1,700,000 Ugandan Shillings (UGX) from BRAC Uganda. The loan will be used to purchase more iron sheets and cement to sell to her customers, for construction use. The loan will help Prossy to generate greater profits and provide for her child with enough basic needs, since she is a single mother. Prossy hopes that, in the future, she will be able to build a house of her own.
Prossy is a member of BRAC's Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA) program. In addition to microfinance loans, the program provides both a safe place for young Ugandan women to take part in group activities, and a forum for life-skills training.
In this group: Prossy, Aisha
