More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

This project empowers women to care for themselves and their families through revolving loans in an area not being served by other microcredit organizations. It provides women with credit to start businesses and increases their ability to support their families, especially in a country with the world’s highest HIV/AIDS infection rate. It directly addresses the importance of agricultural communities to begin seeking other income sources as Swaziland continues to suffer from a drought.

Activities

Imbita offers three main programs and services: savings, loans and training. Imbita requires that all women who receive loans attend training sessions on cash and credit management, budgeting, marketing, pricing and record-keeping.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,208

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,208.  The original project funding goal was $50,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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