All systems go

We’ve narrowed down what out social focus areas are going to be for the remainder of my stint out here. We’ll be looking at clients’ food security status as well as their poverty status (the latter using the Grameen Foundation’s Progress out of Poverty Index – more info at http://progressoutofpoverty.org/) when they very first take a loan, checking that training is taking place and what the quality of that training is, and getting detailed feedback from clients when they leave MicroLoan to see what can be done differently to encourage them to stay. The plan is to restructure the operations department whilst I’m here so they have the capacity to take on operationalising this work going forward.

Time to get stuck in – there are pilots to plan!