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January 26, 2018
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Community-based Savings and Loans Schemes for Improved Livelihoods and WASH Service Delivery - the Northern Ghana Experience
A CRS project in northern Ghana uses savings groups to help rural communities build useful lump sums of money without excessive debt or interest payments. The groups are organized...More
July 24, 2018
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
TANGIBLE BENEFITS TO CHILD WELLBEING SEEN AMONG HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATING IN SAVINGS AND INTERNAL LENDING COMMUNITIES (SILC)
This 4-page brief shares data about the effect of savings groups -- which CRS calls "SILC" (Savings and Internal Lending Communities) -- on vulnerable households in Nigeria...More
July 24, 2018
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
SMILE OVC PROGRAM USES TARGETED APPROACH TO BOOST TB CASE-FINDING AMONG VULNERABLE CHILDREN
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one million children (<15 years) currently suffer from tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, and more than 210,000 die each year. In...More
August 5, 2019
Research›Evaluations/Assessments
Savings Groups and Consumer Protection: How Savings Groups Responded to Insecurity and Theft in Madagascar
For millions of financially excluded individuals worldwide, Savings Groups offer the opportunity to save and borrow small amounts of cash in a convenient, accessible and generally...More
August 5, 2019
Research›Evaluations/Assessments
Savings Groups and Consumer Protection: Risk Mitigation through Community-Based Structures
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Savings and Internal Lending Communities, or SILC, model is based on an innovative fee-for-service delivery channel that trains and certifies...More
July 11, 2019
Research›Evaluations/Assessments
Earning a living from SILC: PSPs in Madagascar
This study was conducted to evaluate the sustainability of CRS’ Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC), fee-for-service, Private Service Provider (PSP) model in...More
November 11, 2019
Research›Evaluations/Assessments
Roadblock on the Journey to Self-Reliance:
In 2018, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) embarked on USAID Transformation, an effort to realign USAID’s structure, workforce, programs and processes...More
June 17, 2019
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
A pilot for using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in agricultural programming was conducted February 20 – 23, 2017. The pilot was a collaboration between NetHope, DanOfficeIT, and...More
January 12, 2018
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
E-vouchers in Conflict Situations
This case study presents a detailed description of the utilization of electronic vouchers (or e-vouchers) for the delivery of emergency relief. In these pages, we hope to provide...More
April 20, 2015
Research›Evaluations/Assessments
Delivering Health Microinsurance through Savings and Internal Lending Communities
Catholic Relief Services and partners piloted a health microinsurance product and delivered it through savings groups in Benin. We introduced a digital solution to improve...More
