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MUSO UVIRA brings together three small NGOs that, from Uvira to Fizi Centre, manage a set of Solidarity Mutuals (MUSO), a community finance tool. Initially, they supported agricultural producers and vulnerable populations, such as women. The need for access to financial services and a form of solidarity insurance led these organizations to offer their initial beneficiaries a tool like the Solidarity Mutual.
Located in the southern part of South Kivu province, the urban centers of Makobola, Mbocko, Baraka, and Fizi Centre serve as exchange points between agricultural production and other manufactured goods. The population, which is overwhelmingly agricultural, lives along Lake Tanganyika with few means of communication and infrastructure.
Women and agricultural producers have been the main beneficiaries of this MUSO activity, which is intended to help these remote provinces better understand “cash” management.
The opportunity for a MUSO structure also allows members to plan other activities together (non-financial), such as fields cultivated in the name of the MUSO, or even ideas for processing agricultural products.
