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Small Loan empowered Anowara Begum

Small Loan empowered Anowara Begum

‘’I thought many times, whether God created me only for sufferings! When my husband cried out from chest pain, it became unbearable for me like a beloved wife. I used to go from door to door to borrow some money to buy medicines for my husband. But my relatives and neighbors were reluctant to lend […]

July 10, 2007 | By | Reply More
Cellphones may take banking to the rural poor in the third world

Cellphones may take banking to the rural poor in the third world

In many third world countries, where bank branches are few and far between, the development that finally may make financial services practical for the rural poor fits in the palm of a hand. Mobile devices like cellphones have the potential to effectively bring financial markets to the countryside, allowing banks and other lenders in urban […]

July 9, 2007 | By | Reply More
Climate change: a local perspective

Climate change: a local perspective

Bhutan: Farmer Rinchen had endured, without complaints, the weeds competing for nutrition and sunshine in her chili garden for many seasons. But in recent years she has come across new weeds that spread faster. “There are so many foreign weeds in the garden and they spread very fast,” says the 65-year old farmer from Semtokha, […]

July 7, 2007 | By | Reply More
Traditional water mill technology helps boost livelihoods

Traditional water mill technology helps boost livelihoods

Sitting in a tiny water mill, popularly known as a ‘ghatta’ in Nepalese, 65-year-old farmer Ram Sharma waits for his customers to come with their wheat and maize to grind flour for a small fee. Sharma built his ‘ghatta’ two years ago after he lost all his farmland and property in flash floods that devastated […]

July 6, 2007 | By | Reply More
Sun setting in Agunmukha river

Sun setting in Agunmukha river

The Agunmukha river in Golachipa, which is situated in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. An unbelievable calm and quite in a winter season with a nice sun setting landscape. It also become a very furious in rainy season. As the place is very nearby at Bay of Bengal. So tourists can be enjoy this place […]

July 5, 2007 | By | Reply More