The Danish Baptist/Dutabarane financial inclusion project—establishing savings group federations (VSLF) and providing financial literacy and social development training to village savings & loan associations (VSLA)—concluded in June 2024 with a budget surplus of $10.000. It was decided to reallocate the surplus funds for this new project—assessing the current status of the almost 10,000 VSLAs Dutabarane started across Burundi since 2009.

Objective Global
Identify and locate mature VSLAs created by Dutabarane between 2009 and 2021 that are still active and can be organized into federations.

Specific objective 1
To collect updated data from VSLAs still active after x years closure of the projects that created them in order to draw inspiration from them for Develop future projects

Specific objective 2
To group together in federations the former VSLAs which have demonstrated maturity to train them in AGR and allow them to work at a level superior of their development.

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Expected results

• 90% of VSLAs from old projects are identified in all 15 provinces of the intervention
• 85% of Village Agents from old projects are identified
• 100% of areas of old projects are visited.
• Collect the grievances and future prospects of these former VSLAs