English - Freedom from Hunger
English - Freedom from Hunger
English - Freedom from Hunger
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Table C. Number of program participant stories analyzed<br />
Country/Program<br />
bénin/PadMe<br />
bolivia/CReCeR saludable<br />
burkina Faso/RCPb<br />
ecuador/esPoIR<br />
India/bandhan<br />
Mali/kondo Jigima<br />
Mali/Saving for Change<br />
Mexico/alsol<br />
Peru<br />
Total Number of<br />
Member Stories<br />
Number of<br />
Mature Member<br />
Stories<br />
30 22<br />
23 18<br />
30 28<br />
24 24<br />
42 19<br />
42 21<br />
41 21<br />
24 14<br />
18 0<br />
Number of New<br />
Member Stories<br />
TOTAL 274 167 107<br />
Most of the members interviewed received loans either through an MFI or through a savings group.<br />
Twenty-one of the 167 mature members are associated with the Mali Saving for Change program. The<br />
other 146 mature members studied here are participants in either Credit with Education or the MAHP<br />
initiative, and in most cases are loan recipients. (There likely are a few clients <strong>from</strong> RCPB who currently<br />
do not have a loan, since RCPB clients can be members without having a loan and likely have a checking<br />
or savings account with the credit union.)<br />
Categorization of level of “success”<br />
We examine the stories of each of the mature program participants in order to establish whether the<br />
program has contributed to an improvement in their lives. We determine that a member has enjoyed an<br />
improvement in her/his life if she/he specifically refers to a financial benefit or a growth in the family’s<br />
business that can be attributed to the loan, if the member mentions the benefit of the education sessions<br />
associated with the program or, in the case of Saving for Change participants, that these savings have<br />
allowed the member to enjoy a financial benefit that was unavailable prior to joining the program (or any<br />
combination of these). At this point, it is critical to acknowledge that all information used to categorize<br />
a member as benefiting <strong>from</strong> the program is based on self-reports. That is, <strong>Freedom</strong> <strong>from</strong> <strong>Hunger</strong> has<br />
not independently verified that the members’ businesses have grown, that their families are healthier<br />
due to the health education, or that they have been able to buy more food because of increased savings.<br />
Consequently, we are unable to account for positive results associated with a member’s exaggerated<br />
8<br />
5<br />
2<br />
0<br />
23<br />
21<br />
20<br />
10<br />
18<br />
aPPendICes<br />
30
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