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Sending a child to school is expensive when you factor in the price of uniforms, books, equipment and camps. Bernadice, 42, has five children, four of them at school, so her family’s education costs are particularly high.
Taking out a Progress Loan helped Barbara, 55, break out of a downward spiral of struggling to pay the bills. Barbara, a disability pensioner, was caring for her two grandsons – one of them confined to a wheelchair – when her fridge blew up.
To say that Steve, 42, has had a hard life is clearly an understatement. He was made a ward of state at five, lived in homes, moved in and out of foster care, somehow finished Year 10 and was apprenticed to a butcher – a ‘terrific job … good people – it was all good. It taught me all about meat, presentation, commercial skills’.
Somaly
With an upcoming school camp, karate lessons and education costs to pay for, Somaly, a single mother of two, needed to develop a savings habit. “As a single mum like me, it’s very hard,” she said. After finding out about the Saver Plus program through her local ANZ branch and completing the program in July 2011, Somaly saw the value in saving regularly.