Dear Friends of Shanti Microfinance,

You probably care about giving back which is why you are visiting us. We are a group of entrepreneurs who care about making technology and microfinance available to people in slums and villages in India so that they can build up their businesses. We believe in social entrepreneurship which is why we act as a not for profit but the recipients of our loans pay a small interest rate to access microfinance loans. The interest is used to employ local entrepreneurs to administer the costs of running our grass roots enterprise. Once loans are paid back, they are recycled again into 2nd, 3rd and 4th loans deeper in the communities thereby allowing businesses to really grow. At some stage, the entrepreneurs will be well established and own enough collateral to open their own bank account and benefit from various banking facilities.

Mentoring and training is an important part of our offering so that entrepreneurs can gain from each other – that means you in the west can learn from them and vice versa.

Our reach is to both men and women (often families) and we are proud to benefit from the learnings of all religions and cultures. We do not discriminate against any caste or level of community – in fact we believe we are all one from the slum dwellers to the Shanti Microfinance team!

If this sounds refreshing to you and you care to participate in making a difference please let us know.

Sheetal M Mehta
Founder Shanti Microfinance