FULM Savings House together with the Global Network of Women Leaders aims to encourage women to make significant differences in their lives, in the lives of their credit union members and their community, by providing opportunities and resources for it. One of those women leaders who make significant differences in their environment is Silvana Vasileva from the village of Borievo, …
As a participant in the campaign “My Business – My Freedom”, we present one of the many successful women entrepreneurs, a member of FULM and the Women’s Forum of FULM Macedonia. Antica Gavrilovska Blagadusha is an entrepreneur-artist from Skopje, who makes arrangements of chocolates and candies, wedding decorations, celebrations, arrangements of tables and chairs. her works.
I have been selling flowers for more than 17 years. Mostly, I work with potted flowers. Cyclamen is the most sold flower in spring and summer, violas and chrysanthemums in autumn, whereas the rose is our most popular flower. 3-4 years ago, I started making decorations for weddings, birthdays and other celebrations, and in the upcoming period we will start …
Pizzeria “Familija” is a family business hence the idea for the name. We have been working successfully for more than 3 years and we prepare pizza, pastrmajlija, cold sandwiches, calzone, flatbread sticks. We also deliver our products to Novo Lisice and Aerodrom. In the beginning we needed additional finance for investments, rent and utility bills and we learned that at …
FULM supports and rewards creative and courageous people who want to make positive changes in their lives and in the lives of their community, especially when it comes to young people and women and their start-up businesses. Silvana Vasileva is one of them! Silvana took a loan from FULM in order to replenish the stocks of her colony in Strumica, …
FULM’s radio advertisement gave me an idea to make my dream come true! I am Metin Shaqiri, born in Tetovo and this is where I live. After graduating from high school, I decided to work as a taxi driver for a private taxi company. After working for a while, one morning I heard the advertisement for FULM Savings House on …
Maja Dimitrova is a young artist from Skopje who makes watercolors, leather wallets, jewelry, handbags, pendants, beads, notebooks and paper candlesticks, leather children’s shoes, shoes. More information about Maya’s handicrafts can be found on her FB profile at the following link
From production of sweets and cakes and pastries and a cleverly used loan for investment, to a nice and sweet life! After finishing high school in the Agricultural school in Dimitar Vlahov in Strumica, I had a desire to start my own business for production of sweets, cakes and similar confectionery products. Thanks to FULM Savings House, as well …
A story for the sesame bagels… “I was unemployed and wondered what to do with my life. I tried to work in several places, for a very low salary and without hope or perspective… The moment it occurred to me that I can make sesame bagels and sell them, was my lucky moment – a milestone, although I didn’t think …
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 …
