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Some graphic facilitation at the plenary.

Savings Group Summit was a wonderful meeting- world cafe, debates, under the mango tree storytelling. We had practitioners from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America.
I think the biggest divide or tension in our community is the question of scale. Broaden vs. deepen access? Are these at odds or mutually reinforcing? ]]> Microfinance http://www.nancilee.ca/index.php?entry=entry111009-103747 Nanci Lee Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:37:47 GMT http://www.nancilee.ca/index.php?entry=entry110901-102909 even before it
begins with the
ache of sky, its
low belly drum roll. Powder
blue holding its own
against barrelling grey.
Could be a rumble, baby.
Air muck-thick, bloated. The
weight of stout in champagne

sink in the spray
whiff of dirt.

Who knows but I trust
this heft.

Spit and
silence rock the
tender trees,
could take this
anywhere dripping green.
Almost water but well
before the floods
on the dewy
lip of riot.


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We had participants from Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, India and Guyana. Join us next February. Bursaries are available for field practitioners from the Global South.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... lgium-rail]]> Inspiring http://www.nancilee.ca/index.php?entry=entry110307-160828 Nanci Lee Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:08:28 GMT http://www.nancilee.ca/index.php?entry=entry110219-160127 Fire-fly fits. Skree of rain. A curious
cobweb drapes the lake’s centre

somehow. Silken threads of
lyric. The paddle slips diamonds into

ebony yawn. This is how the tale
begins. Ecstatic hush over reeds,

river grasses. Rapunzel as mermaid,
languid locks of viridian. She

fell twenty ells from the castle and
naked as an eel learned to swim.

You cannot predict too much until it is
upon you. Tree-line always fickle.

**
Cloud of bird. Swells
and hollows disembodied.
Rebodied. There’s something
massive going on here. Cellular.
phantom. We’re hungry
for the common
story, its taut flesh
tango. We dive and bank,
shift-shape casting
molten. Holding edge
curved straight into
the swerve –
twisting its tail,
opening its throat.



Earlier version published in Rhizoma, October, 2010
Special issue on Paulo Freire
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Gorgeous trip to the Chic Chocs, Gaspesie park Quebec. ]]> Outdoor adventure http://www.nancilee.ca/index.php?entry=entry110111-224411 Nanci Lee Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:44:11 GMT http://www.nancilee.ca/index.php?entry=entry100819-133150

I work with informal unregistered savings groups. They use their own money (no loans or donations from outside), pool it, put aside some for an emergency fund, lend out to each other or invest. Each group makes its own constitution and policies for membership, attendance, fines, interest rates. I have seen fines for: gossiping, your cell phone going off during a meeting, being late, not knowing the groups' balances, coming to a meeting drunk. Each meeting begins with each member reciting one policy as they get their passbooks. As you can see here, passbooks use stamps so those with limited literacy can understand how much savings they have. If it is all their money and their rules, what do they need others for then? Support in weighing their options, governance issues, financial management, linking to other forms of support. Even then, the support is only for a time. In India, over 3 million groups are linked to financial institutions including banks, coops and rural banks. ]]> Microfinance http://www.nancilee.ca/index.php?entry=entry100819-133150 Nanci Lee Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:31:50 GMT