Coffee plantation financed by a loan from BIMAS microcredit, Kathangiri, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

A mahoot with a single elephant, Punnathur Kotta Elephant Fort housing 50 elephants and financed by the temples, Kerala, India, Asia

David Mucangi Mbogoh showing tea leaves on a farm he runs financed by a loan from BIMAS microcredit, Kathangiri, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Brick factory financed by a loan from ENCOT microfinance, Uganda, Africa

Hosing down elephant, Punnathur Kotta Elephant Fort, housing fifty elephants, financed by temples, Kerala state, India, Asia

Brick factory financed by a loan from ENCOT microfinance, Uganda, Africa

Brick factory financed by a loan from ENCOT microfinance, Uganda, Africa

Punnathur Kotta Elephant Fort housing 50 elephants and financed by the temples, Kerala state, India, Asia

South sudan lutaya primary school, constructed and financed by jesuit refugee services since 2005, yei. lesson taking place in one of the classrooms. some classes have over 100 children. most classes do not have desks or seats. children often bring their own stools to sit on

CAMBODIA Katot village, inhabited by the Prov tribal group, Stung Treng district. DPA cultural centre built by DPA and financed by SCIAF. Village elder, Nom Boun (79) playing his flute

Tanzanian villagers washing their hands after installing water system for their village. This is a project of caritas tanzania financed by caritas australia, and will bring safe drinking water to the region for the first time. Previously people would have to collect, often unsafe, drinking water from distant streams and carry it in buckets on their heads. Kighare, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

David Mucangi Mbogoh (showing tea leaves) runs a farm financed by a loan from BIMAS microcredit. He has been a client since 2002 and is currently servicing a loan of 1 million Kenyan shillings

National Library with statue of Father Vallianos, who financed the construction of Athens, Greece, Europe