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2005 Summer Tour
AIDS Awareness Fair
Student Interviews

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 When the fair was over, we asked many of the students participating in the Microfinance for Youth program to talk with us about their businesses, failures and successes.
           

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 Gary Nickerson and Colleen Freeman listen as Noxolo explains the challenges she faced in her business.

Noxolo was robbed 3 weeks after receiving her first loan.
                           

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  Lynn McMullen, Gary Nickerson, Colleen Freeman, Jody Hanley and Kip Kemple take notes on what the children have to say.

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        Fair attendees who answered a question about AIDS prevention correctly received a "Be A Hero" t-shirt.

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 Loan re-payment is always an issue when loans are given.

When MFY participants were behind in their payments, the most common reason was "they ate the money".

Many of these children beg for their food daily. At times, they can not resist using their busines money for food.
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