World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - (Page 19) A BAnglAdeshi womAn feeds cAttle at her dowtia Village home near dakar. she now earns a decent living for her family by selling milk from cows bought with a microloan. poverty, the founders of kiva take pride in the individual successes that make microfinance’s abstract notions so concretely rewarding. kiva spokesperson fiona ramsey tells the story of one borrower, a man whose hands were cut off in the war in Sierra leone, who was forced to beg for a living until he began working with a local microlender. The man signed his loan agreements by dipping his stumps in ink, and then worked his way up from selling soap and other sundries to running an entire store selling clothing and shoes. Today, he supports his three children and sends his younger brother to school. like many microlenders, the founders of kiva believe business and a social agenda are not mutually exclusive. indeed, ramsey says that kiva does its best work by harmoniously combining the two. “That’s something we enjoy doing, combining what might be thought of as conflicting ideas and putting them together.” This way of thinking extends, ramsey said, to “changing the idea that you must be rich to help someone, and enabling the poor to be a part w w w. h e i f e r . o rg of the solution to poverty.” “we often talk about how one day you will have a nigerian lending to someone in Chicago,” ramsey said. “let’s mix up the way you think of the poor.” n Lauren Wilcox is a freelance journalist who lives in Jersey City, N.J. Her work has appeared in world ark, Smithsonian Magazine and The washington Post Magazine. For Further reading: The Microcredit Summit Campaign: www.microcreditsummit.org Grameen Foundation: www.grameenfoundation.org Grameen Bank: www.grameen-info.org Consultative Group to Assist the Poor: www.cgap.org januar y/f e bruar y 2009 | wor ld a r k PhoTo By RAFIQUR RAhMAN/ReUTeRS /LANdov. 19 http://www.microcreditsummit.org http://www.grameenfoundation.org http://www.grameen-info.org http://www.cgap.org http://www.heifer.org
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 Contents Letters For the Record The Good Life Asked and Answered Microfinance: A Lot for a Little Business is Buzzing in Honduras The World Grows Smaller Mixed Media Heifer Spirit Heifer Bulletin Calendar First Person World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 (Page Cover1) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 (Page Cover2) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 (Page 1) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 (Page 2) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Contents (Page 3) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Letters (Page 4) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Letters (Page 5) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - For the Record (Page 6) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - For the Record (Page 7) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The Good Life (Page 8) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The Good Life (Page 9) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Asked and Answered (Page 10) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Asked and Answered (Page 11) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Microfinance: A Lot for a Little (Page 12) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Microfinance: A Lot for a Little (Page 13) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Microfinance: A Lot for a Little (Page 14) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Microfinance: A Lot for a Little (Page 15) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Microfinance: A Lot for a Little (Page 16) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Microfinance: A Lot for a Little (Page 17) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Microfinance: A Lot for a Little (Page 18) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Microfinance: A Lot for a Little (Page 19) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Business is Buzzing in Honduras (Page 20) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Business is Buzzing in Honduras (Page 21) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Business is Buzzing in Honduras (Page 22) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Business is Buzzing in Honduras (Page 23) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Business is Buzzing in Honduras (Page 24) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Business is Buzzing in Honduras (Page 25) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Business is Buzzing in Honduras (Page 26) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Business is Buzzing in Honduras (Page 27) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The World Grows Smaller (Page 28) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The World Grows Smaller (Page 29) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The World Grows Smaller (Page 30) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The World Grows Smaller (Page 31) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The World Grows Smaller (Page 32) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The World Grows Smaller (Page 33) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The World Grows Smaller (Page 34) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The World Grows Smaller (Page 35) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The World Grows Smaller (Page 36) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - The World Grows Smaller (Page 37) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Mixed Media (Page 38) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Mixed Media (Page 39) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Heifer Spirit (Page 40) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Heifer Spirit (Page 41) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Heifer Bulletin (Page 42) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Heifer Bulletin (Page 43) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Heifer Bulletin (Page 44) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Heifer Bulletin (Page 45) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Heifer Bulletin (Page 46) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Heifer Bulletin (Page 47) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Heifer Bulletin (Page 48) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Heifer Bulletin (Page 49) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Calendar (Page 50) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - Calendar (Page 51) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - First Person (Page 52) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - First Person (Page Cover3) World Ark Magazine - January/February 2009 - First Person (Page Cover4)
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