The Centre Relief Services has inaugurated an Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre has been inaugurated at Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality of North East Region, to enhance ECD services in the area. The new ECD centre is a space within the Our Lady of Rocio Health Centre, which is…
The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development has successfully supported 500 Filipino out-of-school youth to gain financial and entrepreneurial skills through a savings program.
Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILCs) are a type of informal microfinance mechanism widely adapted in Zambia. The benefits of SILCs paired with other interventions have been studied in many countries. However, limited studies have examined SILCs in the context of maternal health. This study examined the association between having access to SILCs and: 1) household wealth, 2) financial preparedness for birth, and 3) utilization of various reproductive health services (RHSs). Secondary analysis was conducted on baseline and endline household survey data collected as part of a Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) intervention trial in 20 rural communities across seven districts of Zambia. Data from 4711 women who gave birth in the previous year (baseline: 2381 endline: 2330) were analyzed. The data were stratified into three community groups (CGs): CG1) communities with neither MWH nor SILC, CG2) communities with only MWH, and CG3) communities with both MWH and SILC. To capture the comm
‘Empowering Pinays to drive economic growth’
During the Women and Tech: Inclusion and Empowerment Webinar hosted by the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), women leaders of open finance champion UBX, AI-powered finance platform Bixie, and humanitarian agency Catholic Relief Ser