Undp Provides Microcredit To Poor Women In Yemen

In Yemen, a new programme of microcredit loans is establishing the poor to raise their standard of living. With money borrowed from the UN Capital Development Fund, small entrepreneurs with skills and a dream can earn a steady income. Zakia Al-Misrawi, a poor Yemeni widow rearing sheep and goats, is now paying off her loan and buying previously unaffordable goods. Zakia's success demonstrates that poor women, given the chance, can break the cycle of poverty.