Rice Microfinance (RMF) CED 2009-2011

RMF/ HF USA MOU signed June 2009

MOU valid from 2010 - 2012
PHASE I 12 beekeepers received each: $350 loans for 3 beehives & production kits

RMF provided $4,200 for revolving microloans

RMF 2010-12 24 beekeepers 192 dependents

PHASE I Expected honey production 54 Kg (18 Kg/ beehive) Projected beekeepers income $189 ($3.50 per Kg)

PHASE II Allocate recovered revolving loans to Another group 12 beekeepers

Credit and Enterprise Development (CED)

Program
CED adds a new microcredit component that facilitates expanding the Womens Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming Plan Bee project in terms of scale as well as geographic coverage.

In collaboration with Rice Microfinance (RMF), the project provides a long term sustainable means through a revolving microcredit fund expanding the project with gradual increase to women headed households considering the loans are paid are expected for a given period. The goal of this pilot project is to provide micro loans to 24 women beneficiaries in honey bee farming.
CED mobilizes and organize communities into workable cluster based groups, increase the outreach and productivity, provide training in bee farming ensuring quality honey through improved processing facilities and related infrastructure, and facilitate market linkages for the sale of honey at higher competitive prices.

Plan Bee Promotes Women Empowerment, Economic Development and Education

Rice Microfinance (RMF) CED Loan Distribution

Loan Distribution Spring 2010

Rice Microfinance (RMF) CED Loan Distribution

Loan Distribution Spring 2010

Rice Microfinance (RMF) CED Loan Distribution

Spring 2010

Rice Microfinance (RMF) CED Loan Distribution

Spring 2010

Rice Microfinance CED Loan Distribution

Loan Distribution Spring 2010

Plan Bee Affected by the Floods in Pakistan

Beekeepers Homes Destroyed by the Floods

Assessing the Condition of the Beehives

After the Floods

Assessing the Condition of the Beehives

After the Floods

Assessing the Condition of the Beehives

After the Floods

Assessing the Condition of the Beehives

After the Floods

Assessing the Condition of the Beehives After the Floods

Assessing the Condition of the Beehives After the Floods

Rice Microfinance (RMF) CED

Loan Recovery Status 2011

Rice Microfinance (RMF) CED

Loan Summary 2011

Promoting Women Entrepreneurs

Changing Lives

Hashoo Foundation
Mission
Is to enable and empower communities to be independent by facilitating equitable access to opportunities through economic development, education and skills development, supporting people with special needs, and providing humanitarian assistance.

Womens Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming Plan Bee

The Womens Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming Plan Bee was initiated by the Hashoo Foundation to empower women in the remote areas of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral in Northern Pakistan by expanding employment opportunities and generating a stable source of income through the sale of highquality honey

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Help Us Make the World a Better and More Peaceful Place
With your collaboration, sustainable economic development projects, like Plan Bee, will strengthen vulnerable communities and help decrease the influence of extremism in Pakistan

Plan Bee