Partner Projects
Run by partner groups with Interweave direction
Independent in-country organizations - micro-finance or nongovernmental – use Interweave materials and training to implement the self reliance program within their existing local networks. With Interweave training and direction, partner organizations run the loan program and supervise their own staff. Rather than creating new community associations, Interweave trains and revitalizes existing neighborhood-action groups already in place within the partner program, such as village banks and local solidarity groups.
El Salvador – Partner Project
FINCA El Salvador
40 Finca village banks overcome poverty and crime through a pilot program linking microfinance with social action. The first of several innovative collaborations of Interweave, Finca and ProLiteracy, this program combines loans, community action, enterprise training and peer coaching. Participant throughout El Salvador improve their businesses and organize to remove trash, stop crime, teach literacy and obtain clean water.