Grameen Ladies
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		Ruksana has been a Grameen borrower for 18 years.  She now has a factory with 3 employees making baby booties.

		This Grameen borrower has a carrot plantation, which is now being harvested and cleaned.

		Fahima has been with Grameen for 10 years.  Since the beginning her husband has gone to Thailand and trained in making cotton yarn and other products. They have imported the machines and run this factory with three employees. They have two daughters.

		Firoza has been a Grameen borrower for 18 years.  She started with a 3,000 taka loan to buy a cow for milking and 50 chickens.  Now she has 1,000 chickens and sells 900 eggs every day to a single buyer.  She is a divorcee.  Her son has trained in raising poultry and works managing the poultry.  He also provides help to surrounding farms.  She proudly owns the land she lives on and earns about 1,250 taka a day.

		Bio-gas Grameen Shakti is the Grameen energy company working with solar energy and biogas conversion tanks.  Biogas is created from animal manure to supply homes with gas lines.  Here 1,000 chickens create enough fuel to feed 8 gas lines.  This one will pay for itself in less than 2 years, not only save on buying gas, but bringing in income on gas being sold to surrounding homes and tea stalls.

		Biscuits Parul has been a Grameen borrower for 15 years.  Before that her husband worked in another factory, but after joining Grameen they started their own.  She originally took out a 4,000 taka loan.  As the factory has successfully grown, they now employ 10 people and have an 80,000 loan.

Director Holly Mosher
reports from Bangladesh
as the filming progress.

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