Trickle Up, an international poverty alleviation organization based in the US, has announced the release of its documentary film, “The Test of Poverty,” which covers poverty’s effects on those living on less than USD 1.25 a day and the services that can help alleviate those effects. The film follows the lives of two women in West Bengal, India, showing how these women were able to improve their standard of living by participating in Trickle Up’s program that provides grants to help individuals purchase tools, seeds, fertilizer and livestock. The program also provides financial literacy training and introduces savings groups through which members make interest-bearing loans to each other.
The film was directed by Gautam Bose and produced with the assistance of CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), a Washington-based policy and research center [1].
About Trickle Up: Trickle Up is an international poverty alleviation organization founded in 1979 in the US. It targets people who live on less than USD 1.25 a day through grants, called “spark grants,” and microfinance services such as financial literacy training and a savings program. As of 2009, Trickle Up has USD 2.6 million in assets and serves 10,000 participants in West Africa, East Africa, Central America and Asia. Trickle Up does not report financial information to the Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), the microfinance information clearinghouse.
About CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor): Housed at the World Bank Group, CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) is an independent policy and research center dedicated to providing financial access for the world’s poor. CGAP is supported by over thirty development agencies and private foundations. Its mission is to provide market intelligence, to promote standards and to offer advisory services to governments, microfinance providers, donors and investors.
By Diana Baide, Research Assistant
[1] Press Release submitted to MicroCapital by Trickle Up in October 2010
Trickle Up: Featured Film: ?The Test of Poverty?
http://www.trickleup.org/media/videos/Video-Details.cfm?mediaID=Mfd9Pp2Zpgg
MicroCapital’s Microfinance Universe profile: Trickle Up
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Trickle+Up
MicroCapital’s Microfinance Universe profile: Trickle Up
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Trickle+Up
MicroCapital’s Microfinance Universe profile: CGAP
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