This year, one of our primary goals within the Income Generation Program has been to improve the monthly bookkeeping practices of our local savings groups. We have taken a notable step toward achieving this by initiating a digital bookkeeping pilot project for five of our 42 groups.
In a training session at our sub-office, we showcased how combining traditional bookkeeping with modern technology can improve financial management. Our team explained the use of familiar tools like Facebook and Telegram, emphasizing their secure usage and how they can better facilitate communication and organization within the groups. Additionally, we provided training on our custom mobile app designed to easily track monthly savings and loan transactions.
After putting the digital methods into practice during their monthly meetings, each group quickly became adept with the new system, growing comfortable with the technology.
The increasing ease and confidence with which the groups utilize the app with each meeting is a clear sign of their adaptability and the benefits of this technological shift.
As we look to 2024, we are eager to extend this digital integration to even more savings groups. Our goal is to not only enhance efficiency for all involved but also to optimize our staff’s workflow by providing quick online access to the real-time data of the 40+ groups and their 1,300+ members.
