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Created By: Shubham Patel | 2019050

Name of the Company FWWB/ Friends of Women's World Banking

Company Domain Women's Financial Empowerment (NGO)
Year of Foundation 1981
Vision Statement A society based on equity and social justice where women are
active partners in holistic development.
Mission Statement Providing financial and capacity building services to organizations
promoting livelihoods and self-reliance of poor women.
Headquarters Ahmedabad, India
Revenue
About the Company It is an affiliate of Women’s World Banking, a global network
created to focus on the need for women’s direct access to financial
services and recognizing women’s role in building a nation’s
economy.
It 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.
Brands, Products or 1.Institution Building, Capacity Building, Monitoring and
Services 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.
 4. 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
Major Competitors
Major Stakeholders • Founders
• Donors
• Women whom FWWB is helping
Any Recent News • FWWB-I is working towards making fish farmer producer
organisations viable, especially at a time when the agri-
based farmers are in distress and they look positively
towards the union budget. (Link)
• Microfinance sector is expected to see consolidation in the
year 2020 and beyond. (Link)
• Nilanjan Chaudhary, senior manager and Himanshu
Vaghela, FPO manager at FWWB were part of Round
Table Discussion during Krishi Manthan’ 2019-20