This story uses the Umoja Savings Group as a window into how Savings Groups work economically and how they work to build financial resilience.

This story tells how the DMDO helped revitalise a savings group to the advantage of Fatuma Malimusi and others.

This story tells how participation a savings group has meant Abdul can own his business instead of being an employee.

This story tells how capital invested in a savings group has been put to work, generated a return to the investor and the return used for personal investment.

This story tells how a savings group established by DMDO enabled a small-scale trader in Chiuta Village to expand his business, increase his income and support his children’s education.

This story tells how Bi Somoe retook charge of her life through the savings groups that the DMDO has established in her village of Mnazi Mmoja as part of our WASH+ approach to poverty alleviation in rural Tanzania.

This story tells how Fatuma’s life has been transformed through the savings groups that the DMDO has established in her village of Chiuta as part of our WASH+ approach to poverty alleviation in rural Tanzania.