SEEP: Programs and Working Groups: Action Research: Working Groups: HIV/AIDS and Microenterprise Development

HIV/AIDS Microenterprise Development (HAMED)

Established: 2002

Goal

The HIV/AIDS and Microenterprise Development (MED) Working Group seeks to help SEEP members carry out their missions more effectively in the face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. HAMED will accomplish this mission by taking the following actions:

Identify and document promising interventions to mitigate the economic impacts of HIV/AIDS on clients and their families.
Improving communication and understanding of the impacts of HIV/AIDS on microfinance institutions (MFIs) and their clients.
Encourage cross-sectoral communication and multi-sectoral linkages and partnerships.

Current Activities

The HIV/AIDS and Microenterprise Development Guide will provide guiding principles and recommendations for program design to help HAMED and the heathcare sector mitigate teh impact of HIV/AIDS. It will provide strategic options for MFIs and guidelines for programmatic integration and cross-sectoral collaboration. The guide will include case studies of promising practices that illustrate guidelines and design components. The guide seeks to accomplish the following goals:

Encourage effective responses to the economic crisis in HIV/AIDS affected communities.
Identify and document promising interventions to prevent and mitigate the economic impacts of HIV/AIDS.
Improve communication and understanding of the impacts of HIV/AIDS on MFIs and their clients.
Encourage cross-sectoral communication and multi-sectoral linkages and partnership.

Recently Added Documents

Branch Management Training for MFIs: Developing Staff Management Skills, PowerPoints

These PowerPoints accompany the Branch Management Training for MFIs: Developing Staff Management Skills Facilitator Manual.

Promoting Quality Bookkeeping in Self-Help Groups: The Mahakalasm Management Information System

This learning paper explains a solution created by Covenant Centre for Development (CCD) and ekgaon technologies regarding how to capture information from an extremely decentralized network of savers and borrowers in self-help groups and centralize it in order to create accurate, timely, consolidated financial reports.

Practitioner Learning Program: Annotated Bibliography of Learning Products

This is a working annotated bibliography of the 40 publications produced by the SEEP Practitioner Learning Program in BDS Market Assessment, Client Assessment, Poverty Assessment, Improving the Efficiency of MFIs, and Strategic Alliances for Financial Services and Market Linkages in Rural Areas.

Lessons Learned and Identified Strategies that Enhance the Participation of HIV/AIDS Affected Households into Productive Market

The intent of this paper is to present in a systematic manner lessons from practice that can inform improved BDS program development and delivery to HIV/AIDS affected households. The lessons learned from the current experience in the field were shared during a ten-day virtual information session, where one hundred and forty five individuals subscribed to participate.

HIV/AIDS and Microenterprise Development Annotated Bibliography

The HIV/AIDS and Microenterprise Development annotated bibliography is composed of more than 50 references. It provides a current overview of available internet documents on the integration of HIV/AIDS and microenterprise development (MED). Annotations are detailed, allowing readers to determine if a particular reference is appropriate for their needs.