Description:
A woman uses Fatemas cell phone in the field. Fatema comes from a poor family in the village of Dhaluarchar, in Bangladesh. In 1998 she bought a cell phone, through a nonprofit program set up by Bangladeshs Grameen Bank, in partnership with a cellular company called Grameen Phone. Their aim was to sell mobile phones to rural women to provide them with a business opportunity and link their neighbors to the wider world. Fatima took out a loan for $400 from Grameen Bank, on a payback system of 400 taka a week, about $8, over four years. She paid off the loan in one year. Her income exceeds $700 a year, in a country where the annual per-capita income is about $300. Today, in her mid-30s, Fatema is one of Dhaluarchars most prosperous residents. Much of this she owes to her mobile phone.
Credits:
Shahidul - (Bangladesh) Alam/Drik/Majority World
Description:
A woman uses Fatemas cell phone in the field. Fatema comes from a poor family in the village of Dhaluarchar, in Bangladesh. In 1998 she bought a cell phone, through a nonprofit program set up by Bangladeshs Grameen Bank, in partnership with a cellular company called Grameen Phone. Their aim was to sell mobile phones to rural women to provide them with a business opportunity and link their neighbors to the wider world. Fatima took out a loan for $400 from Grameen Bank, on a payback system of 400 taka a week, about $8, over four years. She paid off the loan in one year. Her income exceeds $700 a year, in a country where the annual per-capita income is about $300. Today, in her mid-30s, Fatema is one of Dhaluarchars most prosperous residents. Much of this she owes to her mobile phone.
Date Created:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Author:
Shahidul Alam
Country:
Bangladesh
Copyright Notice:
Copyright Majority World
Filename:
MWC003213.jpg
File Date/Time:
1471665994
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17826991
File Type:
2
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image/jpeg
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Image Description:
A woman uses Fatema’s cell phone in the field. Fatema comes from a poor family in the village of Dhaluarchar, in Bangladesh. In 1998 she bought a cell phone, through a nonprofit program set up by Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank, in partnership with a cellular c