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Mseleni, Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa |
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Self
Help Groups LK has a community developer whose
task is to assist groups of women to form self help groups. These groups of women save a small
amount of money (R2) each week and the aim is to encourage them to save, to
help each other, and to start small income generating activities. The
first of these groups was established in 2009 and by June 2011, there were 32
groups with 582 members. The
total amount of money which had been saved by those women week by week amounted
to R114307. From that a
total amount of R284526 had been loaned to group members. (The money is
repaid with some interest & loaned out again.) All the groups have income generating
projects started, such as gardening, sewing and making laundry baskets.
A self
help group
Making
bags, mats, laundry baskets, shoes, etc. |
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Last Updated
July 2011. The Webmaster