While here at Kiva we specialize in financing micro-credit, we recognize that people around the world have unique situations that require a variety of solutions. As the field of development grows and evolves, it is becoming increasingly important that success be defined not only as financial gain, but also through social performance indicators. With this in mind, Kiva has begun to prioritize working with Field Partners that incorporate non-financial services into their overall package of client offerings (stay tuned to the blog for more on Kiva’s new social performance factors which will reward Kiva Field Partners who succeed in providing comprehensive social and financial services).
This blog series will cover the major NFS areas, including:
NFS 101: What are Nonfinancial Services?
Health Care Services - Freedom From Hunger
◦ Part 1: General Health Care Services
◦ Part 2: Health Care & Microfinance
◦ Part 3: ESPOIR & Health Care
Education - Microfinance Opportunities
◦ Part 1: Education
◦ Part 2: Education & Microfinance
◦ Part 3: Field Partner & Education
Women's Empowerment - Women's World Banking
◦ Part 1: Women’s Empowerment
◦ Part 2: Women’s Empowerment & Microfinance
◦ Part 3: Field Partner & Women’s Empowerment
Enterprise Services: EDA Rural Systems
◦ Part 1: Making ends meet: How enterprise services put lending in the right hands to help more borrowers
◦ Part 2: Help for India's honey business: The value of enterprise services for micro-entrepreneurs
◦ Part 3: Field Partner & Enterprise Services
For a brief introduction on Nonfinancial Services and how they are offered to clients, please check in tomorrow to read the NFS 101 blog post.
Follow us throughout this series as we bring in experts from the field to discuss each type of NFS and how they relate to microfinance.
We hope you enjoy learning about the different aspects of development that go hand-in-hand with microfinance, and we would like to thank our very special guest speakers who have made this series possible!
