Kashf Foundation | MFIs in Pakistan

Objectifs:

To provide cost effective microfinance services to poor women and enhance their economic role, decision making capacity and increase in their income

Contexte et principaux défis:

The challenges faced by Kashf are: 1) Sustaining growth (current year 189%) 2) Human resources 3) Relationship with commercial banks

Adresse:

19 Aibak Block New Garden Town

Lahore

Pakistan

Téléphone:

92 42 5847812

Fax:

92 42 5847816

Email:

kashf [at] nexling [dot] net [dot] pk

Site web:

www.kashf.org

Principales sources de financement:

Grants

Loans

Produits et Services:

Loans

Voluntary Savings

Insurance

Training and Consulting

à la recherche de :

Donations

Guarantees

Capacity Building Grants

Other Investment

Equity investments

% des opérations représentant la MF:

91 - 100

Date de création:

Jan 1 1996

Date de fin d'exercice:

30-Jun

Statut légal actuel:

NGO

réglementé:

yes

Profil de Performance Sociale


+ Détails de la mission
+ Target markets (ranked by importance)
Femmes	1
Clients living in urban areas	2
+ Development goals (ranked by importance)
Accès accru aux services financiers	1
Egalité des sexes et autonomisation des femmes	2
Réduction de la pauvreté	3
Croissance des entreprises existantes	4
Développement d'entreprises "start-up"	5
Génération d'emploi	6
+ Poverty targets
Clients pauvres
Clients à faibles revenus
+ Gouvernance
Has trained members of its board on social performance management
Dispose d'un comité officiel au sein du conseil qui surveille la performance sociale
+ Gamme de produits et services
+ Produits et services financiers offerts
+ Credit products offered
Prêts de microcrédit pour les micro-entreprises
+ Savings products offered
+ Compulsory insurance products required
Compulsory credit life insurance
+ Voluntary insurance products offered
+ Other financial products and services offered
Services bancaires mobiles
Services d'aide à l'épargne
+ Services non financiers offerts
+ Enterprise services offered
Développement des qualités entrepreneuriales
Services de développement de l'activité
+ Education services offered
Education financière de base
+ Health services offered
+ Women's empowerment services offered
Formation au leadership pour les femmes
Women's rights education/gender issues training

+ Products and services targeting the poor
Products and services specifically designed to target the poor:
+ Responsabilité sociale envers les clients
+ Principes de protection des clients en usage
The loan approval process requires evaluation of borrower repayment capacity and loan affordability. Loan approval does not rely solely on guarantees (whether peer guarantees, co-signers or collateral) as a substitute for good capacity analysis.
Internal audits check household debt exposure, lending practices that violate procedures including unauthorized re-financing, multiple borrowers or co-signers per household, and other practices that could increase indebtedness.
Productivity targets and incentive systems value portfolio quality at least as highly as other factors, such as disbursement or customer growth. Growth is rewarded only if portfolio quality is high.
Prices, terms and conditions of all financial products are fully disclosed to the customer prior to sale, including interest charges, insurance premiums, minimum balances, all fees, penalties, linked products, third party fees, and whether these can change over time.
Staff is trained to communicate effectively with all customers, ensuring that they understand the product, the terms of the contract, their rights and obligations. Communications techniques address literacy limitations (e.g. reading contracts out loud, materials in local languages).
Acceptable and unacceptable debt collection practices are clearly spelled out in a code of ethics, book of staff rules or debt collection manual.
The organization's corporate culture values and rewards high standards of ethical behavior and customer service.
A mechanism to handle customer complaints is in place, has dedicated staff resources, and is actively used. (Suggestion boxes alone are generally not considered adequate.)
Customers know how their information will be used. Staff explains how data will be used and seeks permission for use.
+ Coûts des services aux clients
+ Responsabilité sociale envers le personnel
+ Ressources humaines
Transparency on salary (a clear salary scale based upon market salaries)
Benefits (medical insurance, pension contribution)
Protection au travail (sécurité, anti-harcèlement)
Equality (anti-discrimination, equal pay for men and women with equivalent skill levels)
+ Incitations du personnel liées à la performance sociale
Client retention/drop-out rate
Qualité du portefeuille
+ Responsabilité sociale envers l'environnement
This institution identifies enterprises with environmental risk
+ Poverty measurement tools in use