The Blue Sweater
I grew fascinated really quickly at the start of reading this book. I liked how a banker, Jacqueline, took her knowledge and skills she had in lending from Chase to try and make a difference in the world. Being a business student, I can connect to this book a lot. As business students, we are taught how to think logically, increase profits/decrease costs, and to do what the most reasonable thing is. This book, has made me look at business in a different light.
I find the idea interesting of how Jacqueline has started a non-profit lending bank, lending to low income women. Reading at how Jacqueline is selling these women to the board, telling others that they will pay back and that they are good for the loans had made me rethink the whole loaning industry. I feel as if low income and poor people actually repay loans and pay their debts more so than wealthy individuals. You always hear about the wealthy filing for bankruptcy, however the poor never do. I feel as if they like to keep their integrity more so than the rich.
Jacquline has had a tough time through her transition from a well paying Chase banking job to a job she took, knowing very little about the people and the place it entails. She had to go through many obstacles, facing those ridiculing her on her goal of changing women's roles in Rwanda. I am looking forward to reading the rest of this book.
