My name is Kebadiretse Melaetsa, a lady of 54 years from Khakhea village. I was introduced to the GROW concept in 2021 by one of Humana People to People field officers, during a Kgotla meeting. Upon hearing about the concept I developed interest in making use of it. I shared the concept with my family, friends and other people in the community.

The few that were interested then agreed that we form a group which comprised of ten people and we named the group Moselewapula. We contributed P30 on a monthly basis as a form of saving, later started a small business in the form of a tuckshop and ultimately opened a savings account with a bank, where we kept our contributions as well as profits from our small business.

We also started a small loan scheme for members to borrow money at an interest, as a way of making more income for ourselves. I am grateful for I can provide for my family, for myself and no longer depend on anyone to feed me. The economical and financial status of my life as well as those I am in the GROW group with have since improved.

We are all financially stable and looking forward to each opening our own individual businesses.