The Justice Foundation interviews our very own Ashwini Narayanan on their radio show. They talk about how access to capital is a lifeline in anyone’s economy, not just ours. Ashwini tells the story of when she met Harina Barin, a microfinance borrower in the field. To find out more, listen to the podcast:
http://redtapsessions.com/?p=108
or
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=298359172
It is October. All over India, people clebrate Navarathri -nine nights dedicated to the veneration of the divine feminine Shakti, meaning sacred force, power or energy. Shakti is the spirit of action, of movement, the dynamic principle through which the divine is manifest in the world. During Navarathri she is celebrated as Durga (power), Saraswati (the essence of self) and Lakshmi (prosperity).
MicroPlace’s Director of Product Ashwini Narayanan went to Cambodia to visit some microfinance borrowers recently. The story of this trip got written up and published in Green Money Journal but we thought we’d put it here too, with some extra pictures included. Enjoy.
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Ngeim Men and Ashwini Narayanan are sitting in front of a thatched house, built Khmer style on stilts, about 80 km outside of Phnom Phen. “I learned to make this from my mother,” Ngeim Men says as she weaves. “This is my business. I make baskets and sell them in the market.” (more…)
