Regina is a divorced mother of a young daughter. She lives in her parents’ house, but she is the only one who has a salary and who takes care of everything. She is responsible for her mother, her daughter and a cousin.
She is a teacher and also a student in a distance learning program. With this loan of 15,000 Mozambican meticals, she plans to pay her faculty’s fees.
Her greatest dream is to finish her studies and officially get married. Her greatest challenge is ensuring her family’s livelihood. She points to insufficient funds as the greatest barrier that threatens the fulfillment of her wish, but she has turned to work and to the loan to alleviate or solve her worries.
Translated from Portuguese by Kiva volunteer Amy Volz View original language description