In Barda, Ganja and Goychay branches, Azeri Star
Microfinance has reached over 6,000 borrowers through solidarity
group loans.
Saidi Fatma, IDP from Agdam who left home
as a result of the war with Armenia in 1991 currently lives
with her family in Immgulubayly village of Barda.
To most, microfinance means providing
very poor families with very small loans (microcredit) to help
them engage in productive activities or grow their tiny businesses.