My story began a long time ago, helping my father, who had a stall for agricultural products at the Green Market in Skopje. For years, he supported us, and I was always by his side, helping and learning from him. He left me to sell the products myself more often until one day he withdrew completely.

I took care of both, production and sales, on my own. It wasn’t easy, so my children came and helped as much as they could. After a while, I became independent and organized my work better by the day.

Time came to expand my business. As an officially unemployed person, the biggest question was where to find investment funds. According to the folk saying: Ask and you shall find, work and you shall succeed, I found FULM Savings House and their loans for unemployed persons, whose goal is to encourage self-employment and small businesses. This loan was the perfect answer to my needs. I took out a loan and used the money to rent several stalls for sale at the green markets.

I can say that I am very pleased with what I have achieved – I have continued and expanded my father’s family business and provided a stable income for my family.

Thank you FULM, especially thank you to the employees of the JSP Branch in Avtokomanda for the support they gave me.

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