Small steps that changes life
Stressing on to my next appointment, I met with the Gaza Women Loan Fund, the second micro credit program we work with. In the Jabalayia refugee camp, Raham Awad took her first loan 1995. For 500 USD she could buy some sweets that she started to sell in a little neighborhood shop. When the first loan was repaid she took a new, slightly bigger, then another one. She gradually invested in more goods, fridges for cool drinks and ice cream. Today, five loans, 12 years and a lot of hard work later she runs a well-stocked mini-market and employs her husband and all of her (plentiful) sons. She even expanded and opened a bakery next door.
It feels great to see such a glimmer of hope amongst all the bad news, it gives strength and inspiration to keep up the job.
From here, I rushed to meet Mostafa the pharmacist. I was invited to his warehouse to get an idea how he works and take some photos. He and Hani (ANERA’s equivalent on the West Bank) are doing a great job with our Inkind Program, where we distribute medicines and medical products worth tens of millions of dollars to needy clinics and individuals.
Small steps that changes life
onsdag 25 juli 2007
