Project Kerala:
Society for Rural Improvement
Micro Credit for the Poor

Several IFA members recently heard Nobel Laureate Dr. Mohammad Yunus talk at Civic Arts Plaza about his successes with Grameen Bank's Micro Lending Model that he founded in Bangladesh. IFA is quite familiar with Grameen's approach through its association with SRI. Click for 2011 Update...

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Success story

Over 35000 women currently benefitting from loans for income generation from SRI.  The number of poor families that are benefitting from IFA's modest funding has grown from 100 in 2009 to 300 in 2011! The number will continue to grow as existing IFA funds are recycled to make more loans. 

Press Coverage in newspapers like:
The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Outlook etc.

Indian Ministry of External Affairs included a 5 minutes video capsule on SRI titled Steps & Strides in a half hour documentary titled Empowerment

Scope

Collateral free micro-credit to the poorest rural women

Invest in sustainable income generating activities like:
Milking cows, paddy husking, tailoring etc.

Free educational service to poor children

Duration of support: 3 years
Last Grant Year: 2009
Total support so far: $ 16000

IFA visits:
Prithvi & Surekha Sharma; Rajesh & Jyoti Sahai: December 2007


Contact Person:
Dr. Prabhakar

E-mail:
sriproject@sancharnet.in

Web site: www.sriprojects.org