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7 results for “GSLA savings”

  1. Project

    Group Savings and Loan Associations (GSLA): Small Steps, Big Impact

    Community savings groups that help women and men save weekly, borrow for small businesses and build a social fund. Members receive a five-day training and orientation, keep savings in a three-lock box held by different keyholders, and receive their share-out at the end of each cycle.

  2. Success Stories

    Small Steps, Big Impact: Group Savings Groups in Zamfara, Borno and Yobe

    From a three-lock savings box to start-up capital: how Group Savings and Loan Associations supported by Secours Islamique France and ZOA are turning savings into businesses. "The most difficult thing …

  3. Success Stories

    From Struggle to Success: Falmata Bulama

    …widow raising ten children in Gongulong, Jere LGA, joined a savings group and turned business support into a new meat pie and doughnut venture. Falmata Bulama , 40, lives in Gongulong community, Jere …

  4. Newsletter

    Helpers Digest, October 2023

    Resilience and renewal in Borno through ZOA/LHI savings groups, and two children in Ebonyi State recovering from malnutrition through the IHP nutrition project. The one thing you read that matters: it…

  5. Event

    Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day

    Small businesses and savings groups (GSLA/VSLA) that build household resilience.

  6. Success Stories

    Resilience and Renewal: Ya Gabtu Shattima's Journey

    …randmother rebuilt her kuli-kuli business through a ZOA/LHI savings group. Ya Gabtu Shattima is 50 years old, with five children and three grandchildren in her care. Her business began with groundnut …

  7. Project

    Supporting the Development of Resilience Mechanisms for Conflict-Affected Populations: Livelihood

    Increased the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises through layered livelihood support and access to credit for individuals, households and groups.