However, it is imperative that we all remain vigilant in these challenging times. We have seen how microfinance has improved the lives of millions of our entrepreneurial poor.
The yearly Microentrepreneur of the Year Awards program, where MABS banks always have a winner, is a regular reminder to us that access to financial services coupled with hard work, ingenuity and perseverance are powerful empowering tools for breaking out of poverty and building a better life not only for the microentrepreneurs themselves, but for their families and communities as well.