Our visit to East Rampura: the women who are participating in the microcredit project

This is a picture of Joygun, one of the cooperative women, weighing some cucumbers at her small vegetable stand. After she sold them, I saw her stash the money she made in a burlap sack she was sitting on top of. One of the things the women told me they wanted to learn about most was bookkeeping.

This is Nazma. She is a force of nature. As the owner of a very small tailoring shop, she is clearly the leader of the group. They respect her because even though she doesn't own a large business, she knows a lot about business - or at least she knows what she needs to learn in order to be more successful.

This is Rena. Her shop is only as big as what you see - about the size of a closet. However, she runs it herself and is very proud of it.