I am mcbright offie, from tafo in the

Ashanti Region of Ghana. I was born on 31st March 1959. I lost

my father at a very tender age and the education of my siblings

and I became the sole responsibility of my mother. After

completing Standard Seven, I took up the challenge to further my

education on my own as three of my siblings were still in

elementary school. I was lucky to enroll in the modular training

programme through which I became a professional teacher. I

decided to go for further studies and as such managed to buy a

taxi cap to help settle my school fees.

I am mainly involved in the Taxi business. This business has been

a source of income to me for my education. Currently it is the

same business that is supporting the education of my children. I

am able to raise an income of $310.00 a month. Out of this, I

use approximately $35.00 for repairs and maintenance. To me,

the business is very lucrative if the vehicle is always in a good

condition.

I am going to use this loan to blocks raw materials (1)I will buy sand $350 (2) I will buy cement $500 (3) I will buy Water $150 and pay my operatives at $250 after producing these blocks is going to help my customers to get their required quantity of blocks and also help my clients build up their house as soon as they are ready rather than to mould their own blocks and wait for it to dry before use. After selling all the blocks I will get 25 % of the total amount