Eve Sigfrid

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Eve Sigfrid CUDO November 2, 2007
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Will I be an agent of change?CCA Uganda Coaching
Program
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CCA CDF are at work around the world
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Empowering Communities WorldwideCCA Uganda
Coaching Program

• 10 Participants from across Canada - With the
  same purpose and outcome
• To provide advice, suggestions, and guidance to
  Savings and Credit Cooperatives/Credit Unions
  (SACCOS) in Uganda and Malawi
• With a common goal to help lay the foundation
  for growing safe and sound SACCOs in Uganda
  through the Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit
  Union Limited (UCSCU).

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Empowering Communities WorldwideCCA Uganda
Coaching Program
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Empowering Communities Worldwide CCA Uganda
Coaching Program
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Empowering Communities Worldwide CCA Uganda
Coaching Program

• How can you make a difference in such a short
  time? BY
• Forming RELATIONSHIPS
• Building TRUST
• Listening Sharing Experiences
• Working TOGETHER
• Understanding CULTURAL Differences
• Overcoming COMMUNICATION Barriers
• 6th Principle CO-OPERATION among
• CO-OPERATIVES

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• Through Sharing Our Experiences and stories on
• GOVERNANCE
• Board Policies
• Board Composition
• Education
• Elections
• Term Lengths
• Strategic planning
• Succession planning
• TECHNOLOGY
• Computers, Software
• Connectivity, Electronic processing
• SECURITY RISKS
• INSURANCE Deposit lending
• Cash handling procedures, Backups
• POLICIES Operational, Lending, Member

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BONDING - Open vs. Closed DEPOSIT MOBILIZATION
Liquidity, Borrowing Environment Product
Enhancement BRANDING/IMAGE Image
advertising Micro Lenders vs. Credit
Union LENDING Source of Funds, Policies,
Collections BRANCHING GOVERNMENT REGULATORS -
Lobbying MARKETING Value, Advertising
MEMBER INVOLVEMENT AGM, Focus Groups,
Satisfaction Surveys
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What did I learn?
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Empowering Communities Worldwide
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• YOU CAN BE AN AGENT OF CHANGE BY
• Donating Our Per Diem or One of our Meeting
  Allowances to the
• CDF Director giving program
• Completing a Personal Donation Form (found in
  photo journey)
• Encouraging Directors and Management to
  participate in
• Coaching/Volunteer Programs
• Encouraging Employees to Donate through United
  Way by
• having a portion of this allocated to CDF
• Encouraging our Credit Unions to Donate to CDF
  each year.
• As Directors, we can influence our Management
  Team in the programs and policies that we
  help develop in the credit unions supporting
  the CCA Womens Mentoring and Coaching Programs

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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity.
It is an act of justice. It is the protection of
a fundamental human right, the right to dignity
and a decent life. Sometimes it falls on a
generation to be great. You can be that great
generation. Let your greatness blossom.
Nelson Mandela