"Hope is a path on the mountainside. At first there is no path. But then there are people passing that way. And then there is a path."
— Lu Xun
The real question was what it would take to make the institution real. My plan was to talk to as many people as I could, learn as much as possible, and then just start building. The work would teach us what was feasible and what was not. First step: endless phone calls and meetings.
...we are here to create opportunities that would only work if we believed in the people we were serving. I decided to avoid the cynics and the carreerists...By lending women money instead of giving handouts, we would signal our high expectations for them and give them the chance to do something for their own lives rather than waiting for the "experts" to give them things they might or might not need.
If you support a woman you support a family.
Think of charging fair interest as practice for the women to interact with the formal economy. It will help them build real businesses— and they want the option to borrow!
If you depend on grants each year then the project will only work if the donors keep giving.
...the importance of giving different kinds of people seats at the table in order to bring new ideas to reality.
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