Southwest Environmental Justice Initiative
Transformative Advocacy Southwest, September 18-28, 2008
The Southwest Environmental Justice Initiative is the only environmental justice-focused pro bono advocacy initiative in the United States Southwest, providing unprecedented opportunities for the intersection of Native American women environmental activists and pro bono technical legal advocacy. From September 18-28, 2008, the Southwest E ...learn more
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Created: Feb 09, 2008
Updated: Nov 25, 2009
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Swayam Krishi Sangam's mission is to empower the poor to become self-reliant. We do this through a community-owned grameen (village) banking program that provides poor women loans for both income-generating activities as well as for emergencies.
SKS is an initiative to empower the poorest of the poor to become self-reliant. Since 1998, SKS has been working in India, where over 400 million people live in poverty, more than any other country in the world. These poor people cope with their vulnerability by turning to money-lenders who charge exploitative rates of interest-often as high as 72% per year - that put the poor in a debt trap. SKS breaks this cycle, by giving the poor loans for emergencies and for income generating activities.
SUPPORTING LIVELIHOODS
By providing loans to the poorest, we expect to help raise their incomes and thus also spur the village economy.
EMPOWERING WOMEN
SKS works through women's sangams ("Centers") because women are the most marginalized and because women tend to use resources more productively than men. That is, women tend to invest their income in the household and for their children.
SKS is an initiative to empower the poorest of the poor to become self-reliant. Since 1998, SKS has been working in India, where over 400 million people live in poverty, more than any other country in the world. These poor people cope with their vulnerability by turning to money-lenders who charge exploitative rates of interest-often as high as 72% per year - that put the poor in a debt trap. SKS breaks this cycle, by giving the poor loans for emergencies and for income generating activities.
SUPPORTING LIVELIHOODS
By providing loans to the poorest, we expect to help raise their incomes and thus also spur the village economy.
EMPOWERING WOMEN
SKS works through women's sangams ("Centers") because women are the most marginalized and because women tend to use resources more productively than men. That is, women tend to invest their income in the household and for their children.