Oliver
A loan of $575 helps to buy more wigs and weave-ons for hair styling.
Oliver's story
Oliver is 36 years old and lives in the town of Kiyinda in the Kiyinda region of Uganda. She is married and has 3 children who are all currently in school. For the past 6 years, Oliver has been working hard to manage her salon, which styles and plaits hair.
To help expand her business, Oliver has requested a loan of 2,000,000 Ugandan shillings from BRAC Uganda. The loan will be used to buy more wigs and weave-ons for hair styling, and will help Oliver to generate greater profits and improve standards of living.
Oliver hopes that in the future she will be able to buy land. She is a member of BRAC's microfinance program which primarily serves small-group members like her, who do not have collateral for commercial loans but have businesses that have grown and qualify for microloans.