CMES has organized a credit scheme for financing income generating activities of the adolescent girls and other disadvantaged youth. This microcredit scheme is managed by a dedicated central and field staff within CMES Microcredit Wing. CMES has been the pioneer in this respect by giving adolescents as well as young adults access to credit, irrespective of the marital status of the women. CMES’s credit programme is implemented and expanded mostly with the fund borrowed from PKSF.
The management & organization
The microcredit wing is managed by the Deputy Project Coordinator (Microcredit) and programme is implemented the credit staffs at the service centre, along with the field credit staffs including Regional Manager, Credit Manager, Credit Officers and other credit staff. All have an intensive training on the credit system received at CMES. Some of the staffs also have external training including training provided by PKSF. In every Unit, these trained staff members form a team to manage the loans within the Programme. The loan proposals are received, studied and later are recommended to the Regional manager by the team and then Regional Manager send the suitable proposals to the Service Centre. In the regular meetings of the Loan Review Committee, then proposals are approved and the loans are duly disbursed. The credit staff at the field conducts the repayment and monitoring activities, and keeps close contact with the ongoing empowerment programme for the loanees.
Some statistics about microcredit programme
Cumulative Loan Information (in Bangladesh Taka)
Up to 31 December 2013
Total
Participants |
Present
Loanees |
Cumulative
Loanees |
Total
Realization |
Total
Disbursement |
Total
Outstanding |
26014 |
18554 |
155637 |
135,99,03955 |
148,72,36,200 |
12,73,32,245 |
1 US$ ≈78 Taka
Loans and corresponding activities
The size of each loan is between Tk. 3000 and Tk.29, 000. The loans are repayable in 46 weekly installments. In the management of the loans, an emphasis is given on whether the young loan holder herself rather than her parents are in control of the business and with the income. The credit scheme is designed as a capacity building training in financial activities, leading to an empowering financial self-reliance through cash income of adolescents and youth. |
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So far, members have taken loans for the following activities:
Cow rearing |
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Garments |
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Goat rearing and poultry |
Paddy husking and Paddy business |
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General Stores |
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Grocery shops |
Handicraft |
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Betel leaf cultivation |
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Fishing net weaving |
Hawkers business |
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Sweetmeat business |
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Puffed rice |
Tea stalls |
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Nursery |
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Cloth trading |
Managing Rickshaw |
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Rickshaw and Cycle garage |
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Wheat husking |
Wheat and Rice business |
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Candy Making |
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Fish culture |
Laundry |
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Stationary |
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Confectionery |
Photography |
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Pharmacy |
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Home Gardening |
Food processing |
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Beauty parlour |
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Shoe stores |
Mini flour Mills |
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Vermi-compost |
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CMES has Micro Enterprise loan programme. The size of each loan is between Tk. 30,000/- to 3,00,000/- through these more experienced young people are going for bigger efforts in income generating activities.
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