This month the SEEP Network hosts "SG2018: The Power of Savings Groups" conference, bringing together leaders in financial inclusion and economic development to discuss how savings groups can be leveraged to advance financial inclusion and social impact. With more than 10 million savings group members...
Mike Trapanese is an executive at analytics company VantageScore Solutions, where he has helped to scale operations through a period of rapid growth. He has previously held roles in strategy and corporate development within the financial services industry. Mike holds an undergraduate degree in Economics...
In 2017, The Water Trust partnered with Mutunda sub-county in Kiryandongo district with the objectives of universal coverage of basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) across all 18 government primary schools, benefitting directly more than 14,000 children and indirectly the more than 40,000 people that...
In Kanayaranyara village in western Uganda, 350 people began the year without a trustworthy, inexpensive way to save and take out loans. What does this have to do with clean water? The year before, the village’s well broke and they couldn’t come up with the funds they...
Jennifer Stoltz Favus is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. She has worked in community mental health since 1996 and previously worked at Bellevue Hospital in the psychiatric emergency room and on the psychiatric mobile crisis unit. She is a licensed psychoanalyst...
On October 16, Country Director Sarah Aguti presented the results and lessons learned of an ongoing project across 18 schools in Mutunda Sub-County in Kiryandongo, Uganda. The project invests in critical infrastructure and training for teachers and school leadership to provide a healthy, dignified learning...