Here is a recent report from one of the LUCIA funded community facilitators, Dinkenesh, telling the story of how membership of a Self Help Group has affected the life of one woman and her family. Dinkinesh writes about the women:

Tsehay lives in Sebeta Keble 01. She is head of a household with five children. She is a member of ‘Hibret beandinet' Self Help Group (SHG). I organized this group in year 2006. Like other savings groups, this group has 20 members who save one Ethiopian Birr (ETB) each per week. [Editors note: 1 ETB was approximately equivalent to 0.07 GBP (7 pence) at the time of writing]

I want to tell the story of Tsehay before and after she became member of the SHG....