WOM’s 2023 Success Story: A Second Chance at Vocational Education for my daughter

Monica Azure is a 42-year-old widow from Bongo Bogrigo in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region.

She became the sole provider for her three children, relying on selling koose (bean cake and kenkey for survival. She was introduced to the PROMIC programme by a friend who was a client.

Subsequently, she formed the Asongtaaba Group of Bogrigo with six (6) other friends of hers and they applied to the scheme.

Ms Azure received Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (GH₵500.00) from the first disbursement and invested in her koose and kenkey business. Her subsequent loans were One Thousand Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (GH₵1,500.00) and Two Thousand Five Hundred Ghana Cedis (GH₵2,500.00) respectively.

Monica has since procured a new deep freezer and put up a store for the trading of daily provisions. Over the period of her investment, her monthly profit has increased by 44.4%.

My first child was not able to go to Senior High School (SHS) because of my financial difficulties. This saddened me all the time. However, I was able to enroll her to acquire a vocational skill as a seamstress and she graduated in 2022. WOM/Swiss hand will forever remain in our heart and prayers

Monica Azure