He was inspired during the terrible LOCATION@1 famine of NUMBER@1 to make a small loan of USD$ NUMBER@2 to a group of NUMBER@3 families so that they could create small items for sale without the burdens of predatory lending .

During the LOCATION@1 famine of NUMBER@1 he gave a small loan of USD NUMBER@4 to a group of NUMBER@3 families so that they could make small items and sell them without owing too much money .
