Josephina is a Kiva.org microfinance borrower who used her small loan to develop her nephew's shoe-making business and her own weaving business. She lost one of her hands at a very young age, but this doesn't prevent her from weaving and doing everything else. Quite inspirational. Taken in the village of Chesuc outside of Guatemala City, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Taken in Gairkata, a village in the northern part of West Bengal, India. Read: Microfinance Diaries: Seeing is Believing in West Bengal, India © www.uncorneredmarket.com
An ethnic Pao woman works the ginger fields in southern Shan State, Burma (Myanmar). Taken on the second day of our trek between Kalaw and Inle Lake. © www.uncorneredmarket.com