No pain no gain

Having just spend the day on the back of a loan officer’s motorbike, I now have even more respect for loan officers, who spend most of their days travelling on their motorbikes (come rain or shine) to distant rural areas to visit client groups. I wanted to attend some new loan application meetings, to see if they would be an appropriate setting for us to do the Progress out of Poverty Index in future. It was a very long day, and in the process every fibre of my being was shaken into submission on the bumpy back roads - everything hurts! That said, we attended three group meetings and I got to see the ins and outs of new member vetting and selection, the local Chief signing off new members (photo) and how loan sizes are agreed, so definitely a case of no pain no gain!