Adrian Vintila is a 25 years old young man from Ceptura Village, Prahova County. His family of four children has been raised by his mother only, his father being deceased for many years.
Because of their small income and in order to help his family, he was forced to quit the high-school and to hire as an apprentice for a fellow citizen dealing with the production of plastic wine bottles.

After the events on December 1989, both Dorina Fracea and her husband had been laid off, so she started a business on her own in order to support her family.

Vasile Buruiana from Prisacani was working for 20 years at the local pump-station when he was laid off. The passion and the skills for apiculture, inherited from his father, showed him what path to follow and the group formed in the village by the CDE...

Cucuveica Mihai is a 65 years old peasant from Dumesti Village. He worked in a cattle farm all his life at the Research Station at Podul Iloaiei Village and he retired in 1991.

Constantin Molocea, 32 years old, from Voinesti Village, was laid off by the "Constructor" Cooperative from Iasi at the end of 1998. He turned to the CDE Rural Microfinance Program, loaning 450 USD. He used this micro credit to buy 18 sheep (besides the 4 ones he had)...

Valentin Cucutianu was a foreman assistant at the Silk Factory in Iasi. He was laid off in 1994 and he is a member of the group formed by the CDE credit officers since 1999.

He got a 500 USD credit in October 1999 and he set up...

Ion Maianu is a member of the group formed by CDE since May 2001. He is a member of the Rroma minority, a skilled smith to whom turn peasants from many villages to "put shoes" to their horses. At the beginning, he was working outdoors, in the rain, wind or heat.