The story of Florrita Peters is one of resilience and passion. While life may have dealt its blow at her; she has refused to be broken by these experiences. Florrita is a single parent who is passionate about helping women birth their children – a midwife. She is an Auxiliary Nurse with some training from private hospitals.

She is a micro business woman living and doing business in Ketu area of Lagos, Nigeria. She sells pharmaceutical drugs and snacks from her home. She sometimes volunteers at hospitals as this provides an avenue for her to also pick up some midwifery skills.

Florrita’s dream is to have a midwifery center where she is able to take delivery of children in a safe environment. She also hopes that this will afford her the opportunity of being able to help more women embrace modern medicine to ensure mother and child safety. She also hopes to have a chemist where she will be able to dispense drugs to her community.

Florrita s an avid member of the thrift and savings contribution system. She has never attended a financial literacy training but understands that having a healthy savings culture is a major stepping stone to her living her dreams. In the course of attending the S.I.M.B.I training workshop, Florrita has learnt the following:

1. 1. How to identify market opportunities
2. 2. How to explore collaborations to increase her income stream
3. 3. How to implement sales strategy to increase her profitability
4. 4. Basic savings, budgeting and expense culture
5. 5. How to identify bad financial habits that can inhibit business growth and ability to create wealth.