Getting Started

I first heard about micro credit from my dad probably around 10 years ago when he was talking about women in Indonesia or something who were working hard trying to sew for a living while their husbands would just sit around lazy and get drunk. This new thing called micro credit allowed for poor women in these situations, who were obviously hard workers, to get small loans for sewing machines so they could sew for a living. I thought the idea sounded really cool but it wouldn't be until many years later that I would hear more about it and even get myself involved in it. After my mission to Salt Lake City, which is the raddest mission ever, I jumped into my studies at Brigham Young University, and after switching my major from Broadcast Journalism to Latin American Studies, I heard about micro credit once again from a very energetic and determined professor named Warner Woodworth. He shared lots of scriptures from all over the standard works about how the Savior has taught us to give to the poor and needy and talked about how micro credit is a great way to help those who struggle to make ends meet in other countries. I was sold on it right away and later that day I went to the BYU library and checked out a few books on Muhammad Yunnis, the accredited founder of micro credit/loans/financing, and learned a lot about the movement he created. My curiosity in micro credit led me to search for different ways I could get involved in the thing.