Microcredit

Introduction  |  Objectives  |  Achievements  |  Future Plans



Objectives

• Economic and social empowerment of adivasis, migratory adivasi laborers and adivasi women in approximately 60 villages in the region.

• To reduce and eliminate the dependence of adivasis on private money lenders.

• To create their own credit-worthiness for microfinance requirements.

• To increase self reliance of adivasis and to involve them in community development work.

• To create easy access for adivasis to information related to development schemes and modernization of agriculture.

• To create livelihood opportunities for nomadic people in Gujarat.

• To train members of adivasi self help groups for achieving the above objectives and to set up Development Service Centres for employment generation and for spreading developmental activities of Bhasha in a larger area.

• To encourage self help groups and to monitor their operations as well as to work as Information Resource Centres.