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|  | | Savings & Credit Schemes | | Savings and Credit Co-Operatives (SACCOs) established by Self Help Development International have been transforming the lives of thousands of women in rural East Africa.
Regarded by Self Help as a vital strand in the organisations extensive integrated programme of activities, SACCO groups have paved the way for more than 9,000 Ethiopian women, and hundreds more in Eritrea, Uganda and Malawi to establish micro-enterprises and income generating activities for themselves, and for their families.
The savings and credit scheme operates along principals similar to those of the Credit Union movement, with applicant loan approval based upon an ability to save funds over the preceding months.
Dozens of self-administered groups have been established by Self Help, and have paved the way for women to develop their own income generating activities in such areas as petty trading, sewing and textiles, catering, animal rearing, poultry production, small manufacturing enterprise and bee-keeping.
Participating women undergone intensive training on the necessary management and administration structures for operating their own SACCOs, while a programme of training to provide members with both the literacy and numeracy skills to successfully participate in such schemes are also instigated.
Just recently a group of more than 300 women in Malawi participated in preliminary training with a view to establishing SACCO programmes in Self Help's projects in the country.
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| | | | | Self Help Africa is a limited liability company. Company number: 105601 Charity No. 6663 (Ireland)
The organisation has offices in Ireland at: Annefield House, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois Tel: 00 353 (0)57 8694034 - Fax: 00 353 (0)57 8694038, and in the United Kingdom at : Second Floor Suite, Westgate House, Dickens Court, Off Hills Lane, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 1QU. Tel : 0044-(0)1743 277170
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