Safe Savings groups

These girls are participating in one of our first savings groups. Every week they bring a fixed amount of money and deposit it into a savings box, which is kept with one of their members. The goal is to encourage spending behavior and an understanding of the benefits of money management.

In the field

January 4th 2009
I am currently between worlds--nearing the end of my ten hour stay in the Hong Kong airport, tired and not knowing what to make of my relationship to the country I just left (the US) or the country to which I am returning (Bangladesh). Nor do I really have much time to think that out. In six hours I will arrive in Dhaka, and hopefully fall into a blissful sleep, after which I will wake up and have ... read more

Asia » Bangladesh » Barisal

Bangladesh came into existence in 1971 when Bengali East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan. About a third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the monsoon rainy season, hampering economic development.... ... read more

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