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Tsunami survivor leads women's saving cooperative in Indonesia

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Lasryati is treasurer of a women's cooperative in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. After the 2004 tsunami, Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped survivors here by loaning women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their small businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they continue to jointly manage. The profits from their businesses are used primarily to keep their children in school.

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Paul Jeffrey
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Tsunami recovery +10, Indonesia
Lasryati is treasurer of a women's cooperative in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. After the 2004 tsunami, Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped survivors here by loaning women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their small businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they continue to jointly manage. The profits from their businesses are used primarily to keep their children in school.