Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
•Semi-autonomous
rotating savings groups
•Formed,
trained and initially managed by some promoting agency (usually NGO)
•Members
save fixed amount at regular meetings
•Capital lent
to other members for some purpose
NGO
Federation
Cluster
Groups
Bank
Cluster
•SHGs can
be federated into
higher-level structures
(clusters and federations)
•Each group
has 15-30 members,
with up to a 100
groups in Federation