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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

photo: ctegelberg

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

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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