Unit 8, exercise 24b BORROWER SUCCESS STORIES Alemnesh Alemnesh received her first loan in 2017. She expanded her trade business by selling grain in the local marketplace of a small town, 110 km south-east of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition, she is involved in growing vegetables and tilling a piece of land with the other members of her solidarity group. She says that there has been a real change in her attitude on how to deal with her financial problems, and she has seen an improvement in her living conditions after joining the programme. “Before joining the programme,” she says, “I had problems paying back the interest to the money lender. Now, after receiving the loan from the association, I only pay the principal and interest at a rate that is ten times less than I used to pay to the local money lenders.” Alemnesh now has enough money to buy things for her family and is sending two of her six children to school. “I now have more confidence in myself and my skills, and I wish the programme could accommodate more women to improve their lives.” Unit 9, exercise 7a Saint Kitts and Nevis Geography: Two islands in the Caribbean Sea: St Kitts (bigger) and Nevis (smaller, 3 km to the south-east of St Kitts). Smallest country in the Americas. Population: Nearly 55,000. High emigration: population is 25% less than in 1960. Language(s): English (official); Saint Kitts Creole Capital: Basseterre Government: Member of the Commonwealth; British Monarch is head of state; Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy; elections every five years. National assembly of 14 members. Economy: Tourism (almost 600,000 tourists a year), agriculture, sugar; currency: East Caribbean Dollar History: First islands in the Caribbean to have been settled by Europeans: governed by Britain/France from 17th century. Independence in 1983. Newest independent country in the Americas. Student B Student C 142 A Activities Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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