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International savings groups NGOs aim for 50 million members by 2020
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International savings groups NGOs to announce "50 by 2020" initiative at SG2013 conference (4-5 March)
Mar 01, 2013 Global savings groups community convenes in Arlington, VA to demonstrate the positive financial and social impact of savings groups and launch a vision for future development -
Oxfam America to expand community finance program in Mali and Cambodia with $11.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Oct 20, 2008 -
Bold leadership is needed to turn the tide of poverty
Sep 22, 2008
- Sowing seeds of self-reliance in Ethiopia
- With an initial investment from Oxfam, community-owned grain banks allow Ethiopians to feed the World Food Programme.
- Exchanging tea for respect
- A savings group in Senegal breeds entrepreneurs and independence on just a few cents a week.
- Oxfam Impact July 2009
- A quarter million now Saving for Change
- Oxfam Impact February 2007
- Small Investments, Big Changes
- Saving for Change
- Oxfam America has pioneered an alternative microfinance model called Saving for Change, which self-replicates on a large scale and at a low cost, serving those who have been left behind.
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Savings groups: Building a movement
Experts to convene at Washington, DC, conference to map future of savings groups
Saving for Change now exceeds 500,000 members
Mali continues to lead rapid growth of innovative, savings-based microfinance program.
Saving for Change members celebrate International Women’s Day
In El Salvador, opportunities to save and invest in small businesses come with training and reflection on food.
A source of income, funded by savings
Women in Central America are leading efforts to reduce poverty, the overall purpose of the Millennium Development Goals, through participation in Oxfam America’s Saving for Change Program.
A savings group in Senegal breeds entrepreneurs and independence on just a few cents a week.
Yem Neang spreads the word on a new way to grow rice
Cambodian farmer Yem Neang employs a new method called System of Rice Intensification to increase her yield while cutting down on her production costs.
Saving for Change helps communities in Cambodia address financial difficulty
For Sean Ing, joining Saving for Change has allowed her to manage large expenses that would have cost her dearly if she had visited a money lender.
Women in Mali lead Saving for Change
An innovative savings and loan program is helping people work their own way out of extreme poverty. Women in Mali are leading the way as the program expands to other countries and continents.
Microinsurance builds resilience after tsunami
Fishing families in Andhra Pradesh, India are relying on microinsurance to keep them out of debt to money lenders and help them save a little of what they earn.
Food on the table and savings on hand
An innovative agriculture technique is producing 50-150 percent more rice and increasing the incomes of more than 80,000 people.
Saving for Change reaches 100,000 members in West Africa
Innovative microfinance program continues to attract new participants in Mali, Senegal, and Burkina Faso.
Saving for Change reaches 100,000 members
Since the program's launch in April 2005, more than 100,000 poor women and men in Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Cambodia have joined savings and lending groups.
Gradual change in the status of women
Saving for Change doesn't just help women earn money—it is a means to change their role in the family and the village.
Fighting malaria is fighting poverty
Organizing women in Saving for Change groups helps them to reduce the threat of malaria.
Small investments, big changes
Oxfam America's Saving for Change program in Mali is helping more than 24,000 women save money, invest in small businesses, and become more active in their communities.
Savings groups help villagers plan for the future
Oxfam is teaching the world's poorest people—people who cannot read or write—to save money through active participation.
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