Digital Savings Group (DSG) Hub managed by CARE

Digital Savings Group (DSG) Hub managed by CARE

Project facts
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project
Country
Global
Start date
2024-06-01
End date
2025-05-31
Grant amount
USD 18,000 annually
Local partners
CARE regional hubs in East and West Africa
Grant recipient

Context

The DSG Hub is an online learning and community platform aimed at facilitating thoughtful, safe, and inclusive digitization of savings groups. The vision is a world with financial and digital inclusion for all, especially women, youth, and marginalized populations in underserved markets.

Objectives

The overall goal of the DSG Hub project is to help actors across the savings group community make sound decisions about whether and how to digitize savings groups effectively. To inspire innovation, build a community of practice, and create a destination for anyone who is planning, implementing, developing technology for, or studying DSGs.

Project Outcome

Operation and development of the DSG Hub as an online learning and community platform aimed at facilitating thoughtful, safe, and inclusive digitization of savings groups. The role of the FAHU Foundation as the Owner is that of a neutral initiator and custodian of the community with a long-term commitment to networking, cross-organizational learning, and improved collective capacity. The Role of CARE as the Facilitator is to be responsible for the function of a lean and increasingly member-led operation with strong focus on the core operation of the DSG Hub website (co-located resources) and the role of community facilitator (basic level of multidirectional communication, remote interaction). Co-located resources and a basic level of multidirectional communication amongst members are the ‘glue’ of the community. The Facilitator will coordinate a management committee as a decision-making body whose principal role is to engage and represent the users. The management committee will oversee the ongoing activities mentioned above and develop an actionable and relevant learning agenda for the future.

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