This course will inform, engage, and prepare participants who are considering the feasibility and benefits of adding health to microfinance. The training will provide experience-based examples, lessons learned, cost information, and discussion about addressing the link between poverty and ill health without taking MFIs off-track or incurring undue expenses. This PPT: intro, objectives, and the agenda

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Health and Microfinance:
Partnerships Against Poverty

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Introductions
Who are you reaching out to? (gender and socio-economic level)
What services are you providing them?
What are the changes you want to see in their lives?
What is the one way you think this workshop would help your
organisation?

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Workshop Purpose and Objectives
To discuss the concept of integrating health into a
microfinance program and explore the different
options of health promotion for a financial service
provider.

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A quote to consider
In the 2002World Bank study, Dying forChange, illness was the most
commonly cited reason for “a downward slide into poverty… ahead of
losing a job, which took second place.”
Reflecting on this quote, what is your experience with the effects of
illness in the lives of your clients?
Turn to someone near you and discuss how to

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A Perspective to Consider…
To confront health challenges, Freedom from Hunger suggests that…
“Ideally, the over 3,000 existing microfinance institutions worldwide could
provide an infrastructure or platform for reaching the poor through a
coordinated combination of services. MFIs recognize the need, hear the
demand and have a vested interest in cultivating a healthy, successful
clientele with strong microenterprises.”
Turn to the same person and discuss how to answer these questions:
What do you think about the proposed role of MFIs in this quote,
given the challenges you have identified?

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Benefits of health promotion
To end user:
Access to free service at door step
Combined services of credit and health
Awareness about prevention of diseases
Healthier life, family
More time for family and business
Reduced health expenses and enhanced income

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Benefits to Financial Service Provider
Clientele Retention and loyalty
Catalyzing in reaching social mission of the
organisation
Better image for the institution
Better repayment
Healthy client better client
Better for the business through

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Bandhan Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXBeLtS-xeY