Centre for microFinance

Centre for microFinance is an associate org of , working as a knowledge & resource support org for community-based , , & sector The Centre for microFinance (CmF) was seeded in 2007 as a state-level resource organization to catalyze the growth of the community-led microfinance (women’s Self-Help Group model) sector in Rajasthan. Over the last 14

years, it has been CmF’s constant endeavor to adapt and expand its role and functions in keeping with the evolving needs and aspirations of the communities it works with and the macro-environment comprising of government policy and programs. CmF is an associate organization of TATA TRUSTS working as a knowledge & resource support organization to catalyze the growth of Community-Led microFinance, Livelihoods, Education, WASH, and Health & Nutrition sectors in the state. KEY INITIATIVES:

During 2007-2012 -
CmF worked mainly on providing technical and capacity-building support to a number of stakeholders in the microfinance sector namely, banks, development partners of the Tata Trusts Sakh-Se-Vikas (SSV) initiative, government departments, and SHG federations. Enabling credit linkage from banks, development of quality training resources, and strengthening institutional processes in SHGs and federations were the key focus of CmF during this period. As the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) rolled out in the state, CmF enabled the SSV partners and federations to partner with the program and leverage resources for enhanced credit to SHG members. of Rajasthan’s Mitigating Poverty in West Rajasthan (MPOWER) project in Jodhpur reaching out to 52,000 households in six blocks of West Rajasthan. (ii) Sector building initiatives including training and capacity-building support to govt./non-government programs and community institutions across Rajasthan and few other states, research, and networking. The SSV partners and CmF successfully leveraged funds from the Government of India under the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) to augment productivity and incomes from agriculture and dairy. Capacity building and knowledge partnership of CmF & Tata Trusts with the state government in the Mitigating Poverty in West Rajasthan Project helped scale up CmF’s concept of cluster-based livelihood development. Leads a consortium of six NGO partners implementing the MKSP a Government of India (GoI) project under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) which seeks to improve the livelihoods of over 25,000 households through increased productivity in agriculture and livestock in eastern and southern Rajasthan;

Since 2015 -
CmF has expanded its domain to multi-thematic implementation in 3 blocks of South Rajasthan. The ‘Transformation Initiative’ program is aimed at impacting the quality of life indicators of tribal households in tribal villages through the layering of education, nutrition, wash, and skilling programs with the microfinance and livelihood work of CmF and partners. CmF is also providing technical support to the district administration in Sirohi for the ‘Transforming Aspirational Districts Program’ initiated by the NITI Ayog in 2018. This support entails training and capacity building of government functionaries in the areas of education and maternal and child health and nutrition.