Woohoo! One of the first VSLA groups that I organized as a Peace Corps Volunteer finished their first cycle. The result? The women received a return on investment of over 15% on their savings on top of receiving small business loans and becoming unified as a group over the course of a year. Over 80% of the 30 group members are illiterate and as 100% of the members do not have bank accounts, the micro-credit cooperative served as their only source of savings and access to capital. Good work, ladies!
Pauline was quite happy to give everybody their money![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbOxWGemhrZxZeFHbE9pc9yyZKcGe_kC5D7MugoCVif-SYUAbgL1CBhyphenhyphenH-DFgLCFvkhduF9kR-I3hsxh6orAtRbJhLHn0po0K69t6GwwLck7EmuOM4Hmg74gZV8XCBxfbkHqfJh4euml4/s400/IMG_2976.JPG)
Plantains and fish to celebrate the year anniversary
Cameroonians like to call this the "family photo"
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