Mimania Edward

Mimania Edward is 37 years old and married to a cattle keeper. She has two sons, who attend Usarat primary school. Mimania sells various types of green vegetables such as okra, cabbage and others, and is requesting a loan to open a small green vegetable farm on the river bank. With the extra profits from her loan, she hopes to be able to pay her children's school fees.

BRAC's holistic approach to poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor encompasses a range of core programs in economic and social development, health, education, human rights and legal services, which are delivered through an extensive network of village organizations. BRAC has become one of the world's largest NGOs as measured by the scale and diversity of its interventions. In 2007, BRAC started operations in Southern Sudan. The microfinance program, which is targeted at returning war refugees, has already formed 418 village organizations with more than 14,000 women members.

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