Lions asa micro credit tie up

1. Eastern India Lions Leadership Academy

2. United Nations-Millennium Development Goals

4. MICROFINANCE AND ITS RELEVANCE INMICROFINANCE AND ITS RELEVANCE IN
POVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
Meet basic needs and protect against risks.
Working capital for income generating activities.
Asset creation and more employment opportunities
Save from the trap of money lenders.
Quality education for children
Empowerment of women and development of children.
Linkage building with resource agencies

5. ASA’s global operations

6. New directions……….

7. Microfinance – Impact Assessment

8. Microfinance –Impact Assessment

9. ASA – LIONS INTERNATIONAL
Joint endeavor towards Poverty alleviation.
Reaching Microfinance to the bottom of pyramid.
The joint intervention is in the form of:
a)Leveraging the strengths of each other
b)Self sustaining and cost effective model.
Other social intervention by LIONS integrated into
the Microfinance activity.
Microfinance ++ activities also integrated into the
scheme.

10. Impact Statistics - Sept 2013Impact Statistics - Sept 2013
Amount invested by Lions as Guarantee
Fixed Deposit: INR 5 Million
Total Onwarding Micro Lending : INR 4.5 Million
Margins held by Bank : INR 0.5 Million
Amount Disbursed as Micro Loans : INR 4.5 Millions
Present Outstanding : INR 4.69 Million
Beneficiaries at Base of Pyramid : 450 Families
Loan Defaults or delays in recovery : Nil
Branch servicing : Gangadharpur/West Bengal/India

11. Follow your Dream Project
Few Beneficiaries - Joint Activity of Lions International and ASA India

12. "As many micro-credit schemes across the
world can testify, investment in women is
the best investment for the future.”
Ban Ki Moon
Thank you!