Picture This: We Can End Poverty

"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Give a woman microcredit, she, her husband, her children and her extended family will eat for a lifetime." - Bono

Microcredit can improve women's ability to earn money, enter the professional realm, support their families and fulfill their dreams. A story can be as powerful as a loan. Here a microcredit recipient in rural Guatemala, accompanied by her children, narrates her life story as part of a biography series highlighting the power of microfinance to change lives.