Help Rural Indian Women Save for Education

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Summary

By providing financial literacy courses to women of Maharastra and Karnataka, Mann Deshi empowers women to save money and pay for their children’s education. Women can buy books and pay school fees.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The women of rural India are often left behind by the traditional financial system. The high rate of illiteracy leads them even more into the downward spiral of poverty. Mann Deshi set up a financial literacy course shaped for the women of Maharastra and Karnataka. To complete this project, Mann Deshi initiates a new saving formula that will make it easier for poor family to pay for the education of their children.

Activities

We offer a new textbook which will support students in their financial literacy courses. We also establish a savings program that ends in June, which will allow women to save throughout the year and receive their savings at the beginning of school.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,100
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $39,097
Total Funding Goal: $40,197

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Mann Deshi’s financial literacy course will empower women to save money to make is easier for poor families to pay for the education of their children. These women can better take care of their families and educate their kids.

Project Message

If we want to grow business as fields, financial literacy should be our seed.
- Vanita Shinde, Chief Administrative Officer of Manndeshi

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Chetna Sinha,
President
Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank Ltd. Mhaswad
Tal. Mann Dist.- Satara
Mhaswad, Maharashtra 415509
India
9102373270141
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Mann Vikas Samajik Sanstha
Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank Ltd. Mhaswad
Tal. Mann Dist.- Satara
Mhaswad, Maharashtra 415509
India
+91-02373-270660
http://www.manndeshi.org

Learn more about Mann Vikas Samajik Sanstha and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Education.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 21, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 29, 2008.

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