Banking on Women
Self Help Group
The Self Help Group project extends financial services to women to engage in self-employment initiatives. This enables them to generate an income, to save, and in many cases to exit poverty. Around 863 women have participated in this venture.
Power Women
It has been observed that loans to women tend to benefit the whole family more often than loans to men do. Giving women the control and the responsibility of small loans raises their socio-economic status. It helps women fight against oppressive social practices.
“Economic growth and political democracy can not achieve their full potential unless the female half of humanity participates on an equal footing with the male.” – Muhammad Yunus
