The Blue Sweater_Blog#3

In the chapter 12, Duterimbere, a hopeful little organization, eventually had made a difference for the women in Rwanda. The organization finally enabled the women in Rwanda to have loans over 20 years.

The authors “is forever grateful to Duterimbere and Rwanda for teaching her about possibility, about the power of markets, the need for smart and carefully invested financial assistance, and the constant hope for rebirth. She learned that microenterprise is part of the solution, but it is not the only part. She also learned that charity alone cannot solve the problems of poverty. Poverty is too complex to be solved with a one-size-fits-all approach”

In my opinion, the quoted part is a lesson from the book. In reality, there are still so many countries having a hard time to fight with poverty. Although an organization made to support poverty in one country is still far from solving the problems of poverty, we need to know that it is only a beginning. Also, without the beginning, the goal is never achieved. Therefore, the countries should start any small projects in order to step forward to more closely approaching the goal.