navigation search this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message friends of women s world banking india fwwb type ngo industry microfinance founded 1982 by ela bhatt headquarters ahmedabad india key people anshu bhartia ceo products livelihood development finance capacity building support empowerments number of employees 23 2012 slogan give credit to women website 1 friends of women s world banking india often shortened to friends of wwb india or just fwwb is an indian apex organization that assists microfinance and microenterprise organizations . founded in 1982 by ela bhatt it is located in ahmedabad gujarat india . contents 1 foundation 2 outreach 3 transformation 4 current activity 5 niche 6 focus areas 7 donors and funders 7.1 donors 7.2 funders 8 external links foundation edit friends of women s world banking was established as a non profit organization to promote direct participation of poor women in the economy through access to financial services . it was created to extend and expand informal credit supports and networks within india to link them to a global movement . outreach edit fwwb i combined its loans with technical assistance to ensure sustainable growth of microfinance institutions . from 1989 to 2010 it reached out to more than 300 institutions with technical assistance and nearly 200 with loan support . till march 2010 fwwb i had made a cumulative disbursement of around rs . 11 billion benefitting 2.6 million women transformation edit fwwb i being a member of various networks has played a significant role in the building of the sector . to expand its outreach to more institutions fwwb i promoted an nbfc ananya finance for inclusive growth afig . fwwb i hived off its micro finance activity to afig in april 2010 . ananya s mandate is to continue to build the network of institutions that will successfully be able to balance their social mission with the commercial one . mrs. vijayalakshmi das who had steered the growth of fwwb i as an apex for the last twenty one years is now the managing director of ananya finance for inclusive growth . current activity edit fwwb i friends of women s world banking under the leadership of ms. vijaylakshmi das will continue to work in the areas of women empowerment strengthening community based and micro finance institutions livelihood promotion and need based financial products and services that impact the lives of the poor . both fwwb i and afig have a common vision and goal of reaching out to larger number of low income households in the under served regions of the country . niche edit fwwb specializes in dealing with small local lending organizations . it selects its partner organization through a rigorous screening process . but unlike commercial banks that require a credit history to assess their risk of loss fwwb evaluates an organization on a set of parameters which includes the company s management and business systems accounts mis hr etc. . if an organization is found that has potential to develop into a financially sustainable community development organization it is selected as a partner . focus areas edit 1 . institution building capacity building monitoring and assessment services for micro finance institutions community based organizations federations cooperatives producer companies enterprises . 2 . supporting partner organizations that use innovative ways of poverty alleviation focusing on enhancing and introducing sustainable livelihood activities for women . 3 . support for reducing the vulnerability of low income households . this includes providing financial and technical assistance to pos for on lending to poor women clients to enable them to get better access to solar energy light systems water and sanitation facilities education loans health and hygiene awareness financial literacy donors and funders edit donors edit michael and susan dell foundation msdf cordaid citi foundation united way worldwide ford foundation small industries development bank of india sidbi rabobank foundation aide mondiale isc coutts funders edit cordaid national housing bank nhb ford foundation rabobank foundation small industries development bank of india sidbi external links edit 2 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title friends of women % 27s world banking & oldid 720068263 categories microfinance organizationsorganisations based in gujarat1982 establishments in indiawomen s organisations in indiaorganizations established in 1982hidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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