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SaveAct has been working in financial education, savings methodology, and livelihood pathways for 20 years. Over that time, the organisation has extended its reach to over 110,000 people—with plans to reach two million women and youth over the next 10 years. Between...

SaveAct’s methodology shows that savings groups are about more than just money. The methodology can be used in conjunction with and to support so many other initiatives. As we know, food security is becoming a major global concern, and the production of food that is...

Last year in South Africa, women, vulnerable individuals and rural communities collectively saved more than half a billion rands. NoWinile Lungiswa Mangquzana is a smallholder from Ntabankulu Mabofu, Eastern Cape, who grows organic produce and raises chickens. She...

Coverage by the Daily Maverick of a Tipping Points webinar late last year profiled the progress of SaveAct-promoted savings groups in Namaqualand in building resilience in a rapidly changing environment – and some of the achievements of our implementation partner...

SaveAct facilitates the formation of savings groups in communities as a simple but effective tool to fight poverty, as a foundation for building sustainable livelihoods, and as a means to empower women and other vulnerable groups. Between 2019 and 2022, SaveAct...

In every good epic adventure story, there’s a reluctant hero asked to abandon what they know and embark on a quest that usually involves cleaning up civilisation’s big mess or solving a potentially catastrophic crisis. When I sat down to interview SaveAct Programme...

Ten years ago, in the small village of Khaoue in the Eastern Cape, SaveAct held its first vegetable production training session with small-scale farmers from the village. The purpose of the two-day event, in September 2014, was to teach the farmers, who were all in...

Taking place every two years, the Adaptation Network Colloquium is an opportunity to bring different kinds of people together! Penelope Price, coordinator of the event, said the colloquium provides a platform for academic members to present their research and for...

SaveAct provided training to Biowatch facilitators to enable them to introduce SaveAct’s savings methodology to farmers they work with. Biowatch tried the methodology with one group, who then got remote support from SaveAct and their own facilitator during the Covid...

  SaveAct’s financial education tools are being drawn upon in the development of material for a study involving 540 adolescents in three countries, South Africa, Nepal and Colombia. The project, called “Alive”, is developing and testing interventions for...

  Youth are hungry for information and skills to manage their finances, and interventions are sorely needed. That was the finding of a recent pilot study done by SaveAct and partner Fiinafas, in collaboration with the Duzi-uMngeni Conservation Trust (DUCT). The...