Ninos de Ometepe

Ninos de Ometepe

A few of the children of cooperative leaders from Ometepe island.

Cooperatives

Cooperatives

Two leaders of a local sesame farmer cooperative from Ometepe Island take a minute to pause after a meeting.

Nubia, with her daughter

Nubia, with her daughter

Nubia is a PRODUMER organic sesame producer on Ometepe Island in Nicaragua. She and her husband have been with this MEDA agrobusiness project for several years and now their children want to continue the family production.
Photo by ctegelberg

A Clean Cut

A Clean Cut

At work in a young microloan entrepreneur's barbershop in Managua, Nicaragua.

Looking Sharp

Looking Sharp

Beno is hard at work in one of his four barbershop locations, which are rapidly growing through the use of microloans.

Reason to smile

Reason to smile

Leon, Nicaragua
One of our guarantors, who works alongside a close friend to build their market food stall businesses, providing a better future for both.

photo: ctegelberg

The mirror-maker

The mirror-maker

Managua, Nicaragua
Arly Rojas is an urban micro-credit client with MiCredito, a local MEDA MFI in Managua, Nicaragua. His loans go toward running his family business that produces ornately framed mirrors.

photo: ctegelberg.

Chiche

Chiche

Leon, Nicaragua
A national drink, for sale at a Micredito client's market stall

photo: ctegelberg

In the field

In the field

Teustepe, Nicaragua
Patrocinio, a micro-credit client and farmer in one of his bean plots

photo: ctegelberg

Proud owner of a new water pump

Proud owner of a new water pump

Teustepe, Nicaragua
One of our clients from the Boaco region of Nicaragua, with the water pump that he was able to purchase with a micro-credit loan.

photo: ctegelberg