The first loans are being paid back by the people who participated in the entrepreneurship seminar.
“We are proud to announce that everybody are paying back on time”; Mr. Knut-Arne Wendel says”. “This shows both ability and willingness to pay. We were planning it would be so, now we know! It looks promising for the future!” Mr. Wendel continues “during the past two years more than 700 new jobs has been created through our activity in the region; every day putting food on the table for some 4000 people”.
(Picture: One of the entrepreneurs in the village of Efolofo behind her investment in a machine grinding cassava before selling it in the local market. Here surrounded by 2 Mites representatives.)