Paola was the first Kiva (microfinance) borrower we met during our visit to Guatemala City. She kindly invited us in as she went about her regular work of taking dried kernels off corn husks to later grind and use for making toritillas. Taken in the village of Panicuy outside Guatemala City, Guatemala. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
A woman gets a good laugh out of some joke given during a training session in Pampagalana, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Tarija, Bolivia. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
A young member of the Deep Colony village (outside Siliguri, India) women's self-help group helps in the group's nursery. Read: Microfinance Diaries: Seeing is Believing in West Bengal, India © www.uncorneredmarket.com