From time to time I have mentioned Margaret, one of the women who has done so well with the micro loans. She has just finished paying off her last loan, has at least two cows and is still ready to do more. Although she cannot read or write and has no English and little Ki Swahili, she has brains and determination.
She is a grandmother, bringing up her grandchildren since their parents dies of AIDS. For the past four years we have paid the fees for her grandson, Wilson, to attend a good secondary boarding school. He phoned me this evening to announce the results of the secondary leaving exams, which have filled the newspapers. He had an average of A-, an extraordinary achievement, and one that should give him a government place at University at much reduced fees.
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