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Altagracia Damian
Altagracia Damian started a tiny ceramics business in the Dominican Republic.
She believes that development, whether personal or professional, is the result
of human and economic resources.
Alemnesh Geressu
Alemnesh Geressu is one member of the Women's Poverty Lending Program of
CRS/Ethiopia (operated in collaboration with the local counterpart, Meki
Vicariate, 110 km southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).
Flora Matiasi
Flora sells "mandazi" or oil cakes, a donut-like confection. With
her loans from the local FINCA village bank, she has been able to buy raw
materials in bulk at a better price.
La Maman Mole Motuke
La Maman Mole Motuke lived in a wrecked car in a suburb of Kinshasa, Zaire with
her four children.
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Nurjahan
Before joining Grameen, Nurjahan had never earned more than $37.50 in a year
and owned no land. After five years as a borrower with the Grameen Bank, her
annual income is $250 (just above the national average)...
Alice Pallewela
When Alice Pallewela of Sri Lanka needed money to support her family, she
turned to what she knew--candy and her credit union.
Julia Sairitupac
Julia Sairitupac was born in the district of Santiago, 330 kilometers south of
Lima, Peru. She was married at fourteen to a twenty-eight-year-old man.
Katakana Strzelinska
Katakana Strzelinska is 24 and lives in a working-class district in Lodz, the
traditional textile center of Poland. Many factories have closed, leaving many
people unemployed, especially women skilled in sewing.
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