Desi was left with USD 25K credit card debt when her husband disappeared. Debt collectors harassed her and even visited her daughter’s workplace, resulting in her losing her job. Amalan stopped the harassment from debt collectors, helped Desi settle all her loans at a 55% discount and start to rebuild her wealth. Now Desi and her family are living in peace and are more proactive about financial planning.

Fajar lost his job and accumulated USD 19,000 of debt after he tried starting his own business.

After signing up with Amalan, he was able to start paying off his loans using a long-term payment plan with affordable instalments and reduced interest.

Ms. Dang Thi Phuong ran her clothing stall at Phù Lỗ market (Hanoi). Her stall was completely burnt by the big fire at Phù Lỗ market. Luckily, Ms. Phuong bought a fire insurance policy from Global Insurance Corporation and received over 100 million Dong soon after the fire. The speedy insurance claim not only protected Ms. Phuong from fire loss, but more importantly reinstalled her hopes to rebuild her cloth business.

Upon the initiative of a family member, 11 smallholder farmers enrolled with Forte’s Weather Index Crop Insurance. The product protects farmers against the loss of key crops, such as rice, mango, banana, cashews, vegetables, and rubber. At that time, the family member was worried to get others involved in the program. But later on, the 11 families received their claims payment when adverse weather struck. So, in 2022, they all bought again.

Target 1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.

Target 1.5 By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters.

Target 3.8 Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

Target 5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making in political, economic and public life.

Target 5.A Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws.

Target 8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.

Target 8.10 Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all.

Target 9.3 Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets.

Target 13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.

Target 13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.