This woman was one of the leaders of women's self-help groups in Gairkata. They met with us to explain the groups' activities and how they have used micro-credit loans to set up small businesses. This woman has set up a small snack and telephone shop that provides enough money to send her son to school and more. It's hard to believe that a few years prior she wasn't allowed to handle money in the family and barely left the house. Now she's running for local office. Read: Microfinance Diaries: Seeing is Believing in West Bengal, India © www.uncorneredmarket.com
A vendor comes by and shows off her lunch - a hearty watermelon - at the Abasto Market in Asuncion, Paraguay. Read more about our visit to Paraguay. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Maria Luisa is a mother who cooperates with her daughters on weaving and other small business activities in the village of Paraje Xecaje outside of Totonicapan, Guatemala. We met Maria Luisa and her daughters when we were visiting Kiva borrowers (microfinance) in the area. Read more about our visits to Kiva microfinance borrowers in Guatemala. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
