A Community Cash Box
In some of Cote D'Ivoire’s poorest villages, local women dream of their own small businesses, but have no way to realize those dreams. We help organize them into groups called village savings and loan associations, where like-minded women put their small household earnings toward the group’s broader goals. When there’s enough cash in the box, a member can take out a loan to start her own business — such as a small grocery store, hair salon or tailor shop — then begin to repay that loan back into the cash box to fund another woman’s ideas.
