Self help group
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Self help group may refer to:
- Another name for a member-run Support GroupSupport groupIn a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic...
. - Self-help group (finance)Self-help group (finance)A self-help group is a village-based financial intermediary usually composed of 10–20 local women. Most self-help groups are located in India, though SHGs can also be found in other countries, especially in South Asia and Southeast Asia....
The Indian self-help group movement in microfinanceMicrofinanceMicrofinance is the provision of financial services to low-income clients or solidarity lending groups including consumers and the self-employed, who traditionally lack access to banking and related services....
. - Kudumbashree An organisational structure for slf help groups in Kerala