Bimbilla Credit Union has made
an impact on hundreds of woman’s lives who have been able to participate in the
microfinance loan program. This program is empowering women and is smart economics. Empowering women to
have access to basic financial needs helps build the lives of
women and girls around the world. This
allows them to provide food for their family, to educate their children and creates
sustainability for the community.
These ladies are Bimbilla Credit Union members and are part of a farmers production group We
had the pleasure of meeting with this above group of women who wanted us to
know how the production loans has been changing their lives. The group has 20 members. They are a strong
and powerful group. Having access to loans and accounts at the local credit union
helped them get more food for their families and expanded businesses. For many
of these women, their priority is education and now able to send their kids to
school.
This farmer production group we met is made up of all women and the
manager praised them as the strongest group that the Credit Union has!!!
They have an incredible co-operative spirit and understanding on how credit
unions make difference in communities like theirs. They have had two production
loans and have future plans to grow their business even more. Most of them have
successfully transitioned from borrowers to savers and full members. When the
credit union was going though distress they remained members because patience
and perseverance in time of challenges is how they do things.
