Mozambique

Civil war and poverty are inextricably linked. Lucas remembers how rebel activity prevented his community from leaving the safety of the village to cultivate the surrounding land. "During the war I couldn’t implement anything," he recalls.

But things have changed now. Lucas’s two-acre plot produces cabbages, onions and tomatoes.  Every Friday, the Opportunity mobile bank stops at Sussundenga, a one-kilometre walk from Lucas Chingore’s farm. For the first time in his life, Lucas has a safe place to keep his earnings as well as access to life-changing loans. Opportunity loans have enabled him to buy a water pump to irrigate his crops—expanding his yield and his work force. Four neighbours now work for Lucas, bringing income to their families.

Lucas can now afford quality food, health care and tuition for his five children and his two brothers at university.

“My life has changed so dramatically because of Opportunity,” Lucas says. “I started with so little and the loans have allowed me to make a profit and provide more food for my community.”

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