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New money skills and confidence for women across our region who took part in face to face training sessions near their homes.
Tracking and planning cashflow might be tricky for people with lower digital and financial literacy before being shown our app designed precisely for them, tailored to local cultural context.
Long lasting change is possible when it starts from within the sector. We help local finance providers to build inclusion and safeguarding into their teams and services to benefit both current and future generations of women.
Saving the Solomon Islands way
Catherine Alon is the president of her savings club in Gumu village, a 4 hour boat ride from Honiara. She is also a financial capability coach, sharing curriculum developed by Good Return.
With the highest 'unbanked' rate in our region, thousands of women in the Solomon Islands do not have access to safe financial facilities.
With your support, Good Return is working with the Central Bank of Solomon Islands to set up savings groups for women living in remote locations. The savings groups gather to collect cash and store it in a safe place. They also take part in our financial coaching sessions, growing their skills and confidence in making money decisions for their families and community.
There are 40 women in Catherine’s group, who meet fortnightly on a Saturday and have businesses selling vegetables, fruit and root crops. With their group savings they have built a village market house where they buy and sell products from one another, and their next plan is to build a water tank.
Catherine has seen the financial training has not only helped the group plan how to use their savings, but it has helped them individually to manage their household budgets and plan for unexpected events. “The training has helped the women in my community to be mindful, to make the right decisions and to track their money,” says Catherine. “Even for me, I now know after I buy groceries to put whatever is left aside for emergencies and I have taught my son and sisters to do the same.”
With ongoing support like yours, this year:
Members of our Indigenous-led business club for women in the Kimberley region gathered in person at a yarning camp to share ideas and support for their business journeys.
In Cambodia, financial capability coach Sam Eng, who has a vision impairment, led coaching sessions in three provinces to people with disabilities who are building their businesses.
Our newest financial capability coaches in Papua New Guinea delivered sessions to village communities in the Kokopo province.
New partnerships in the Philippines meant more women accessed our My Money Tracker app, to help track their business profits and expenses.
Get to know Team Good: Meet Sanjeeb from Nepal
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A love of travel is a must when signing up to the role of CAFE Training Coordinator in Nepal. Since joining Good Return, Sanjeeb has been to some of the most remote and mountainous regions of the country to meet with our local financial capability coaches and women taking part in the coaching sessions.
Sanjeeb was born in the western part of Nepal and lived there until he finished school. He then moved to Kathmandu, where he has been for around 20 years.
"We are visiting some of the poorest communities in Nepal, and many rely on remittances from family members working overseas", says Sanjeeb. "We see the potential of many of the women in these areas who are looking after their farms alongside caring for families. With a boost in financial confidence, they can plan to grow their businesses and livelihoods and truly see themselves as entrepreneurs."