My Introduction to Microcredit Loans

Dec 29

by new Aldea team member, Jenelle Madrid.

Learn how you can get involved in Micro-finance.

As an incoming intern at Aldea, the term microcredit loan is a bit intimidating. The word loan alone can strike fear in any student upon graduating college.

The purpose of these loans is to help artisans generate an income that they may not have been able to do before, due to their unfortunate circumstances.

I have never heard of a microfinancing institution before, but it is nice to know that such institutions exist.

According to Kiva, a micro-lending organization, microcredit loans are a means of alleviating poverty by providing small amounts of money, usually $300 or less, to help get less-fortunate clients a chance to participate in the economy.

Access to such funds helps low-income clients take advantage of economic opportunities, especially women clients. These funds allow for a sense of empowerment, as well as gender equality in the community and household. It is often said that most of the recipients are women, because they tend to be more dedicated to their families and financially responsible.

Formal banks do not offer the same services that the microfinancing institutions do because they will make more money holding savings accounts with more money in them, according to the Kiva website.

The artisans at Aldea invest their loans into production and sale of their handcrafted scarves. The videos that showcase the time and efforts that go into each scarf are amazing.

It is good to know that great efforts are being made to aid in social welfare.

Here are a few articles about microcredit that proved useful in helping understand what microcredit is and what form it might take in the future.

“Tiny loans make huge differences in lives of poor”

“Turning around the idea of student loans”

“Microcredit movement tackling poverty one tiny loan at a time”

Thank you.

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