Since 13 years Rubiela Sanchez and her husband have been making and selling their famous manjar blanco and other sweets throughout Cali, notably at bus stations
Habiba Ehlic, 62, cultivates mushrooms in a village near Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The revenues from her little business carried the family through while her sons were looking for work during the first years that followed the war.
Jennifer L. Dalida started a children's sandal production in her home in 2001. She now employs five persons and together they are able to fabricate 240 pairs of sandals daily for sale on local markets.
Tsetsgee Batsukh, 46, founded the company Edelweiss Cashmere in 2004. She now employs 6 women full time in her workshop to make clothes from the finest hair of the Gobi desert goat.
Naimajon Boboeva runs a sewing shop specialising in the rich hand-made embroidery of Tajik wedding dresses. Thanks to the benefits of her workshop, she was able to pay for the best available education for her children.
The Barbas live off fishing and employ a number of relatives in their small business. In 2002, Cristina took a first loan for the family business to buy fishing nets. She is presently paying off her thirteenth microloan.
Tumenulzi, 28, married and father of two children of 4 and 6 years started fabricating the morinkhor in 1997. He is now able to produce 50 instruments each month three times more than when he started.
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