Community Savings Circle Toolkit
₵180.00
A comprehensive toolkit for establishing and managing traditional susu saving circles with modern tracking tools. Perfect for communities seeking to build collective wealth and financial support systems.
Key Features:
- Complete guidelines for establishing saving circles
- Record-keeping templates for member contributions
- Transparent management protocols and governance guides
- Traditional and digital tracking methods
- Integration with mobile money platforms
- Conflict resolution frameworks
Product Description
The Community Savings Circle Toolkit revitalizes the traditional African susu savings system by combining time-tested community practices with modern financial management tools. This comprehensive kit provides everything community leaders need to establish, manage, and grow successful savings circles that benefit all members.
Susu saving circles have been a cornerstone of African financial systems for generations, allowing communities to pool resources, provide members with capital for business ventures, and create safety nets for emergencies. Our toolkit enhances these traditional systems by addressing common challenges and introducing transparent management practices.
The toolkit includes:
- Facilitator's Guide: Step-by-step instructions for setting up and facilitating savings circles
- Member Handbooks: Clear guides for participants explaining rights, responsibilities, and benefits
- Record-Keeping System: Both paper-based and digital templates for tracking contributions, disbursements, and interest
- Governance Framework: Guidelines for creating fair rules, decision-making processes, and leadership rotation
- Financial Education Materials: Resources to improve members' understanding of saving, borrowing, and investing
- Mobile Money Integration Guide: Instructions for safely incorporating digital payments into traditional systems
Our toolkit has been developed through extensive consultation with community leaders, financial experts, and anthropologists to ensure it respects cultural practices while introducing improvements that increase security and effectiveness.
Ideal for women's groups, village associations, faith organizations, workplace collectives, and any community seeking to establish financial cooperation systems.
Specifications
| Format | Printed guidebook, templates, and digital companion materials |
|---|---|
| Contents | 1 Facilitator's Guide (85 pages), 10 Member Handbooks, Record-keeping templates, Governance tools, Digital resources |
| Languages | English, with key sections in Twi, Ga, Ewe, and Hausa |
| Dimensions | Main guide: 21 x 29.7 cm (A4), Member handbooks: 14.8 x 21 cm (A5) |
| Capacity | Designed for circles of 5-25 members |
| Additional Resources | QR code linking to video tutorials and downloadable templates |
| Updated | 2024 Edition |
Customer Reviews
Abena Yeboah
Our women's market association has been running a susu for years, but we always had problems with record keeping and disputes. This toolkit transformed everything! The templates make tracking so easy, and the governance guidelines helped us create fair rules everyone respects. In just three months, our membership has grown from 12 to 22 women.
Rev. Daniel Osei
I purchased this toolkit for our church youth group to teach financial responsibility. The materials are so comprehensive yet easy to understand. We've now established 3 different savings circles for different age groups, and the young people are learning valuable lessons about cooperation and financial planning. The mobile money integration guide was especially useful for our tech-savvy youth.
Mohammed Ibrahim
As a community development worker, I've implemented many savings groups, but this toolkit offers the most comprehensive system I've seen. The conflict resolution framework alone is worth the price - it has helped us navigate difficult situations that would have previously destroyed groups. My only suggestion would be to add more digital tools for younger groups who prefer to manage everything on their phones.
