Microfinance started with the recognition that poor people had the capability to lift themselves out of poverty if they had access to affordable savings & loans. With the right opportunities, the poor have proved themselves to be productive and capable of borrowing, saving and repaying, even without collateral
Provides self-employed women financial assistance to support their business enterprises, such as raising livestock, running local retail shops called kirana stores, providing tailoring and other assorted trades and services.
Om Saikrupa Urban Nidhi serves thousands of poor women across villages and urban slums. We have achieved this scale through an innovative combination of using a for non-profit model, drawing on best practices from the business world and deploying technology. We are using the channel that we have created to provide a full range of financial services to the poor members. By providing the poor this range of economic tools, we are looking forward to the eradication of poverty.