Posts Tagged ‘Self-Help Groups’

By Naagesh, N. Microfinance Focus, Sept. 11, 2009: Chetna Gala-Sinha, founder and chairperson of Mann Deshi Women's bank, was conferred on Friday the first Amodini Award, instituted under the Godfrey Phillips Bravery Awards category, for her extensive work in empowering women through microfinance in rural Maharashtra. Chetna was presented the award along with other recipients of bravery awards at a function in New Delhi. The Amodni award comprises a cash award of INR 100,000 ($2,000) and a certificate. Full story

Microfinance Focus, Aug. 25, 2009: MicroSave, a consultant firm for microfinance institutions, and RBS Foundation have partnered to bring out a new DVD series titled 'MFI-Out-of-a-Box' whereby several training projects have been compiled to help nascent MFIs to benefit. The project aims to share MicroSave's comprehensive, easy-to-use, step-by-step series of toolkits providing intensive capacity building inputs to ... Full story