She is employed by the sisters at Bishop Asili Hospital. She has several children and an ex husband that doesn't help her to take care of them. She recently became inspired to mobilize a group of four women together to work out a small micro-finance lending system. Every month they pool together 30,000 Ugandan shillings per person. They start out with two members of the group taking half of the money and then the following month the other two people take the money. This way they are able to have a larger pool of money to work with, so they can start a piggery or some other small project that will help them to generate income. Maria has also decided to open up a savings account for the first time in her life where she will put all of her extra money earned from tailoring work. She doesn't want to be tempted to spend the money that she intends to use for her childrens' schooling. She asked me to help her fill out the bank forms because her English isn't fluent. I took a picture of her after signing her name. She was so proud! Another moment in Uganda that I won't ever forget.
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