Microcredit for the Blind and Disabled in Bangladesh
The Blind Education and Rehabilitation Organization (BERDO), an AP partner in Bangladesh, helps people with disabilities to become full members of their community through microcredit and education projects. Working through Peace Fellows, AP has invested heavily in BERDO, by visting beneficiaries, promoting the microcredit model, launching an appeal following the typhoon, and raising money for BERDO's Braille library.
The microcredit program has been a major success and currently 98% of the loans have been fully repaid. In 2009, BERDO hopes to scale up the program with AP's support.
