Programs

AccelHERate: Supporting Young Women

Goal: By 2030, we will build sustainable and viable livelihood paths for three million young women and their families.

AccelHERate In Action: In Uganda, Grameen supports young women to start new businesses as MTN Uganda mobile money agents. Agents increase their average monthly income by 43%, after just four months, allowing them to move past the poverty line benchmark.

Providing both cash-in, cash-out services and digital financial literacy training to other women in their communities encourages long-term individual and community impact.

InvestHER: Supporting Entrepreneurs

Goal: By 2030, increase sustainable income to move three million women entrepreneurs and their families out of poverty permanently.

InvestHER In Action: Grameen promotes women's entrepreneurship in Northern Ghana by integrating Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) onto the LedgerLink digital platform, allowing access to loans and savings from local providers.

A guarantee fund has been established to lower loan interest rates by up to 30%.

Comfort, a Ghanaian cocoa farmer, looks proudly at the camera. She's standing next to a few of her cocoa trees.

TogetHER, We Grow: Supporting Farmers

Goal: By 2030, increase the adoption of climate smart technology while building diversified income sources for three million women farmers and their families.

TogetHER, We Grow In Action: In India, Grameen saw a 230% increase in total sales turnover in Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) after our work began to increase climate smart technology usage. An additional 122% growth in female shareholders was seen and 82% of farmers improved negotiation skills and trust in FPOs.

Program SAFE: Safeguarding women from Abuse in the Financial Ecosystem

Goal: Program SAFE will transform the financial system so that 100 million women and vulnerable people are safe from financial abuse and gain financial autonomy.

SAFE will build the evidence base and broad public awareness of the issue, support stakeholders to put in place critical safeguards, revise international standards on mitigating risks to customers, and leverage prior campaign experience to catalyze change at a systemic level.

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Two women stand outside with more people behind them. They are both dressed in bright colors and one is holding a phone. The other is completing a mobile money transfer. Grameen Foundation works to end poverty by bringing financial services to people living in rural locations.

GAIT LAB: Grameen's AI and Technology Lab

Goal: The Innovation Hub’s focus on AI and technology will address critical gaps that prevent families from fully participating in and benefiting from the digital economy.

An additional problem that Grameen will resolve is the lack of digital information and financial insight into the behavior and needs of the world's poorest, living in rural and remote areas.

Lead Course Facilitator, Alfred Yeboah leads a group in Grameen Foundation's Exploring Power Dynamics Workshop

Sparks For Change: Building Stronger Families

When families are stronger, communities and economies are stronger. Our research has shown that involving members of the family is a crucial piece of sustainable change. By engaging spouses in developing strategies for financial management, family harmony, and shared goals, we see a great chance of families leaving poverty forever.