Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Rickshaw Bank
- Founder: Dr. Pradeep Sarmah and CRD (anNGO)
- Founder Dr Pradeep Sharma and CRD
- How idea born?
- DR. Sarmah travelled in a man rickshaw,
- He chat and found they do not own it
- No financial security
- Did it find an issue?
- Yes
- Social problem address
- Economic empowerment
- Better rickshaw
- How it addressed the problem
- Micro leasing
- Insurance to the passenger, rickshaw puller
- What does it do
- Rickshaw Bank provides a means of self-employment to the poor and the marginalized rickshaw
community by offering a “rent-to-own” financing option for rickshaws
- What social innovation it did?
- Micro leasing
- Expanded category
- Redesigned constantly with IIT
- Momo, school, garbage, solar, fish, vegetable carts
- Business model
- Not for profit
- Hybrid
- For profit
- Sustainable development
- Sustainability
- Target population: 8Million rickshaw puller
- Offering add on services
- Challenges
- Threat from competitors
- Government regulations
- Payment default