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Small Business Development In order to create a cash-based economy,
ALAD developed micro-enterprise business and development projects serving
over 18,000 people in rural communities. These projects allow the
community to earn a cash income which is then used to sustain other
community projects: the library, the non-formal education/preschool
centers, and the health care post. Recognizing the enormous role that women play in furthering development in Africa, ALAD places special emphasis on increasing women’s access to credit for small business loans. Working supportively as members of women’s cooperatives, poor women can earn income to care for their families. The women employ others, thus increasing the income earning potential and knowledge throughout the community. Armed with literacy, numeracy skills and small loans, women are working in pepper farming and pottery production with the hope to expand into bread baking and other areas.
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