Ongoing

Micro Finance Program

Donors / Partner: PAPRI Own Fund
Target People: Marginal Poor and Moderate poor.
Working Area: 3 districts, 14 upazilas, 103 union parishads, and 573 villages across Narsingdi, Kishoreganj, and Mymensingh districts.
Duration: May 2001

Goal

Target people will be ensured the positive change of their socio-economic condition through credit support by reducing poverty and making them empowered.

Objective

To increase the income of targeted beneficiaries
To create self-employment working opportunities of beneficiaries
To make positive change in developing capacity of the poor people
To increase their human and financial capital
To raise their voice and help them to get empowered
To ensure social dignity and recognition of the beneficiaries
To make the poor able to create their own funds
To make them socially conscious regarding family law, reproductive health, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition, gender, women rights, human rights, and other social issues

Major Activities

Area selection
Household survey
Target people selection
Group formation
Work on KYC (Know Your Customer)
Awareness raising on livelihood
Savings mobilization.
Project/trade feasibility
Loan produce
Loan disbursement
Follow up & monitoring
Counseling on IGAs
Loan collection
Reporting