Veronica

Veronica is 54 years old and lives in the town of Njeru in the Mukono region of Uganda. She is Married and has five children with four of them currently in school.

For the past 15 years, Veronica has been working hard to manage her pharmacy which offers medical services.

To help expand her business, Veronica has requested a loan of 9,000,000 Ugandan Shillings from BRAC Uganda. The loan will be used to buy more medicines for resale, and will help Veronica to generate greater profits, manage to repay the loan and buy food for the family.

Veronica hopes that in the future she will be able to open up another pharmacy outlet. She is a member of BRAC's Microfinance Program. The program primarily serves small group members like her who do not have collateral for commercial loans, but do have businesses that have grown and qualify for microloans.