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Hambantota District
Microfinance Overview
Table 57 Hambantota District Microfinance Activity
Type of
Organisation
No of
Units
No. of
Savings
A/Cs
Total
Savings
(SLR)
No. of
Loans
Loans
in 2000
(SLR)
Agromart 33 635,000
CRBs 46 224,198 590,340,000 47,834 241,440,000
FORUT 6,442 7,862,281 1,312 3,990,000
Local NGOs 3 33,754 61,156,087 15,990 91,432,859
RDBs 9 106,501 363,396,420 22,110 239,449,000
Samurdhi 42 67,720,000 11,600 69,309,000
SAP 1,670 280,560 21 525,000
SEEDS 136 23,281 24,797,551 5,319 26,545,343
TCCS 177 45,450,549 5,706 27,569,035
World Vision 1 370 6,000,000 103 1,041,677
Total 396,216 1,167,003,448 110,028 701,936,914
According to the 2001 Census, the total population of Hambantota is 525,370.
Loans
According to the survey, there were 110,028 loans taken in the district during the
year 2000. The total value of loans disbursed for the same period is SLR
701,936914. Excluding NGOs, this equates to an average sum of SLR 6,492.10
per loan.
In terms of population, the total number and volume of loans referred to in the
table above is the equivalent of one loan per 4.77 people or SLR 1,336.08 per
person in the district for the year 2000.
Savings
Total savings in 2000 amount to SLR 1,167,003,448. A total number of 396,216
savings accounts were identified. Excluding Samurdhi and TCCSs (for whom
individual savings figures are not available) and local NGOs, an average of SLR
2,738.71 per individual savings account.
In terms of population, the total amount of savings as of the close of the year
2000 is the equivalent of SLR 2,221.30 per person in the district or one savings
account per 1.33 people.