Buusaa Gonofaa, a small micro-finance institution, was recently created by a small group of Ethiopians south of Addis Ababa. One of them, Adam, manages to convince the women in his rural village to borrow a little money. One woman buys an American hen: the hen lays eggs which become chicks which then become chickens. A rat eats the eggs. The woman decides to poison the rats but the American hen eats the rat poison and dies... The loan must still be reimbursed. As they face many hardships, the enthusiasm of the Buusaa representatives comes up against the doubts of their clients, provoking heated discussions. The problems of day-to-day survival lead them to rethink their ideological principles.