Empowering Women and Youth through Graduation and Financial Inclusion (EWYGFI)
Empowering Women and Youth through Graduation and Financial Inclusion (EWYGFI)
The EWYGFI project is being implemented in Kurigram district with the financial support of Trickle Up and MetLife Foundation and technical support of Concern Worldwide. The objective of the project is “empowerment of women and youth through financial inclusion.” RDRS is providing support to 13,000 poor families through this project. The program participants are involved in agriculture, livestock rearing, small business, awareness programs, income generating activities through inclusion with different government and non-government financial institutions. 50 women received tailoring training and 20 youths received computer training to develop their income generating skills. 600 extremely poor families who are VGD card holders formed 38 groups and 12,400 extremely poor families formed 599 groups who are depositing regular savings through group meetings.
Almost 100% program participants are depositing savings, 75% are affiliated with different microfinance institutions, 16% covered by DPS program, and 5% members have been associated with life insurance services. In 2019, Tk. 6,528,200 was distributed to 1,020 flood affected families under the project.