SAWSO OVC PSS PROGRAM

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Womens savings and Childrens lives

• SAWSO OVC PSS PROGRAM
• TANZANIA
• Presentation. May 26th 2008

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TSA WORTH TANZANIA

• Improving womens lives through

• Income generation

• Literacy

• Savings

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• WORTH a self help program

Women teach themselves how to

• read and write
• keep business records
• generate group and personal savings
• create small businesses, and
• manage their own village banks

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How WORTH works

• Women form groups of 25 members

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How WORTH works

• They elect a four person management committee

Chairperson Treasurer Secretary Comptroller
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How WORTH works

• The WORTH group decides how much each member will
  save each week
• This is mandatory savings

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• Women can also contribute voluntary savings of
  any amount.
• All the savings are recorded in the group records
  and the womens personal savings passbooks

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How WORTH works

• Money is kept in a three lock cash box or in the
  bank

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How WORTH works

• Empowerment Workers Provide technical support to
  groups on

• Setting group rules
• Keeping records for savings and loans
• Calculating dividends on savings
• Setting interest rates on loans

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How WORTH works

• Each group

Finds a literacy volunteer
and
Meets three times a week to work on literacy
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How WORTH works

• Mobile Workshops
• Recent Topics
• Growing the Group Fund
• Voluntary Savings
• Support to OVC

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Is WORTH having an effect on the well-being of
orphans and vulnerable children?
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Is WORTH having an effect on the well-being of
orphans and vulnerable children?
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Preliminary Results from Bukobafor 98 groups

• 97 of 98 groups are caring for OVC in their
  households
• 100 of the groups have an OVC register
• 91 groups have an OVC fund
• Total amount raised in fund 1,717
• Current amount in OVC fund 798
• 570 children assisted since October 2007
• 741 children assisted since October 2005
• 62 groups assist children outside of WORTH
  households

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Material Support
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Other Support

• Number of Groups

• Number of Children

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Save the Orphans in Oria Village WORTH Women
Association (OYAO)
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Plans for the Future
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Asante Sana!