One small loan turned a family around
I had three children when my husband died; the major source of income stopped. I used to work as day labor but it wasn’t enough for meeting the household needs along with my children education. When IRCED gave us the credit, they encouraged us for investing the money in a fruitful area otherwise we would fall into debt. Presently, I am in the 9 th loan cycle; with the first loan in 2008 I bought a camera for my elder son and he started a small photo shop, later with the further credit in 2010 we decided to open a flour mill in my house itself and in 2012 with more credit we bought a machine to crush spices for selling in neighboring area. Presently, with the profits and credit from IRCED, my younger son has opened a sugarcane juice shop and we are making decent profits. Earlier, I could not even talk in front of people and now I am running three 3 micro-business.