Capturing Microfinance in Action

CGAP recently publicized the winners of their annual photography contest. Noteworthy is that many of the finalists captured Indian microfinance in action. The winning photograph is of a young girl preparing radishes to take to market in West Bengal and was chosen from more than 700 entries. Check out the winning and finalist photographs at the link below:
http://www.cgap.org/s/photo2008/


In honor of CGAP's contest, I wanted to post one of my favorite pictures of microfinance in action, taken my CMF's very own photographer-extraordinaire Sushmita Meka. This photograph is of a self-help group member holding her individual passbook, which helps her keep track of her savings progress and loan repayments. Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words!