These people come from the poorest places of Kenya. They were beggars and workers on the farm. However, they are people with dreams and hopes. Thanks to Jamii Bora, thousands of them are realizing their dreams.

When Ingrid Munro worked in the UK she learned about the lives of the poor, so she always tried her best to help the poor. And in 1988,Munro and her Canadian husband had adopted（收養(yǎng)）a homeless boy. This boy had been run over by a bus and was unable to walk freely. Munro's learning about the hard lives of the poor increased when she adopted the boy's two brothers two years later.

In 1999 she decided to start a small club in Kenya. The members would be 50 women, beggars who had been kind to children. No one imagined it could become so successful that it would change into a bank called Jamii Bora Bank. Munro did not expect that it would turn out to be such a great success. Instead of employing（雇傭） experts, she has trained those women herself. And she employs ex-beggars, the ones who joined them in the very early days and have come out of poverty. She teaches these beggars how to do everything from the beginning. What makes this bank different from others is the way they treat the borrowers. They help these poor people educate their children, and help with housing. They even teach business skills so that people can live a better life.

1.According to the passage, "Jamii Bora" refers to_.

A. a lady named Ingrid Munro

B. a small bank in Kenya

C. a famous club in UK

2.Why did Munro and her husband adopt a boy in 1988?

A. Because this boy was born disabled.

B. Because Munro and her husband had adopted his brothers before.

C. Because this boy was homeless.

3.Munro decided to set up a small club because she wanted to

A. help more poor people in Kenya

B. get to know more poor people

C. make beggars become rich people

4.From the third paragraph, we know that_.

A. this bank helped the poor solve the problem of housing

B. munro thought her club must be very successful with the help of beggers.

C. some experts were employed to train these women beggers

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. The poorest places of Kenya

B. Munro and her husband

C. From beggars to bankers

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