MARY NJOROGE : FOUR YEARS OF A TRANSFORMATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH MENTOR SACCO
Tier one Sacco helps member to redefine her financial goals by organizing education, training and information forums
By George Gichuki
On the third Saturday of May, Mentor Sacco successfully organized a members’ education, training and information day (MID) in Gatanga sub-county. The venue was Kirwara Polytechnic Hall. It was full to capacity. Among the members who attended this event was Mary Njoroge. A nurse by profession and based in Thika town, she joined Mentor Sacco in 2021. Having opened its common bond in 2011, besides teachers, members of other professions like medical, civil servants as well as the business community can now join Mentor Sacco. In this vein, the lender offers front office service activity ( FOSA) including: deposits, loans, withdrawals and processing of salaries.
Since joining Mentor Sacco, Mary has attended three MIDs. “ I am very grateful to Mentor Sacco for organizing MIDs for us every year,” she said on the sidelines of the Gatanga MID . “ In that regard, members enhance their financial literacy and become more informed about the benefits of patronizing various products and services the Sacco offers,” she added.
Benefits
As a financially stable and profitable tier one Sacco, Mentor Sacco has consistently paid competitive interest on ordinary deposits and dividends on share capital to its members over the years. Consequently, it has attracted many members who are keen on getting a good return on their investments. Mary is a good example. “At the end of every financial year, I promptly receive the interest and dividends that my ordinary deposits and share capital have earned,” she said. “ This has helped me to settle school fees for my children,” she added.
She also thanked the management of the Sacco for inviting a clinical nutritionist to facilitate the MID at Gatanga. “ Today, I have learnt from the facilitator that we need to be careful about our diet, otherwise our health will be compromised,” Mary emphasized. “ Should we fall sick because of taking poor diets, then we might end up spending a lot of money to settle medical bills, hence depleting our savings with the Sacco,” she cautioned.
Mary has also been supported by Mentor Sacco to invest in real estate. “ I have made reasonable progress in achieving financial success within the short period that I have been a member of Mentor Sacco,” said Mary while calling upon prospective members to join the tier one Sacco and leverage its wide array of innovative products and services.
