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142 activities Unit 3, exercise 23b Unit 5, exercise 26b Student B BORROWER SUCCESS STORIES Alemnesh Alemnesh received her first loan in 1995. She expanded her trade business by selling grain in the local marketplace of a small town, 110 km south-east of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition, she is involved in growing vegetables and tilling a piece of land with the other members of her solidarity group. She says that there has been a real change in her attitude on how to deal with her financial problems, and she has seen an improvement in her living conditions after joining the programme. “Before joining the programme,” she says, “I had problems paying back the interest to the money lender. Now, after receiving the loan from the association, I only pay the principal and interest at a rate that is ten times less than I used to pay to the local money lenders.” Alemnesh now has enough money to buy things for her family and is sending two of her six children to school. “I now have more confidence in myself and my skills, and I wish the programme could accommodate more women to improve their lives.” a filing cabinet a shredder a stapler a hole puncher a calculator a tray a photocopier sticky notes a noticeboard paper clips a notepad a drawer Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv