Donor: Women Development Department, Government of Sindh

Major Activities:

• Community Investment Fund & Interest-Free Loan to destitute women identified through Poverty Scorecard.
• Organizing marginalized women groups in Community Organizations;
• Undertaking a prior identification assessment and tailoring credit need accordingly;
• Making the loan package more flexible; Providing business support (input identification and procurement, marketing support);
• Promoting savings, as internal funds generation leads to financial independence;
• Providing right-based training to beneficiaries for:

  Building their productive assets;
  Increasing and diversifying their incomes;

Decreasing their risks by ensuring access to the safety nets – Health Insurance, etc.

• proving their entrepreneurship and management skills.
• Each House is to have a Hand Pump and a latrine.