esri nurhani invested in cooking utensils and basic ingredients. esri: every day i spend around 150,000 rupiahs and sell the food for 200,000, so my profit is around 50,000. reporter: 50,000 rupiahs a day are the equivalent of almost 3 euros 50. it's not much, but it's enough to make ends meet. andi taufan has helped many people build up a livelihood. his organization offers microcredit to groups that organize themselves. andi: engage them with us. try to invite them to participate and to make them accountable. the way we can do it is by creating a social control by credit groups. the group mechanism can ensure that every members can also taking care of each other. reporter: the loans go mainly to women. taufan founded his organization, amartha, six years ago. to date he's supported 20,000 people. most come from rural areas. the aim is to help women who have difficulty getting credit from a bank. and andi taufan does more. together with friends, he's founded a platform that funds eyeglasses for rural women -- glasses the women couldn't afford other