Overview

Chanura Microfin Manipur (CMM) an NGO/MFI registered under the Manipur Societies Registration Act, 1989, was initiated in April 2007 with an ambitious motto “Better Economy for a Better Nation” serves to uplift and transform the living standard of the downtrodden section in this underprivileged region of Manipur.

Since its inception Chanura has been working for women’s economic empowerment through financial support and skill development activities focused solely on women of low-income households, encouraging and giving various opportunities to make them economically self-reliant.

Today, Chanura is providing its services in 5 districts of Manipur through 7 Branches covering about 27,000 poor and needy families in this under served region. In collaboration with its strong and generous 6 partners, Chanura has been providing financial services for livelihood activities, micro-businesses, and micro-enterprises.Beside this Chanura has been providing non- microfinance product such as Water & Sanitation Loan, Education Loan, Biomass Cookstove, Water Storage Tank and Water Purifier etc.

To provide the capacity building inputs, its programs “Entrepreneurship Skill Development for Women” has trained more than 3650 women entrepreneurs in terms of financial education, basic business management & leadership along with different livelihood skill training. Financial Literacy Mass Awareness Campaign & Household training programs covered 128 villages so far.
Its Solar Energy Program has enlightened more than 26,800 families by Providing 45949 solar-based products.

From time-to-time Chanura is contributing its resources for relief and rehabilitation for the victim families of natural calamities, Covid-19 and organizing free medical health camps, support the livelihood of fishing folk depends in the Loktak lake, donated solar lamp to the homes of an orphanage, destitute and differently able persons etc.

Chanura received the SKOCH GOLD AWARD 2024 for its Project “Women Economic Empowerment”& its two Clients W. Memmi Devi received Citi Micro Entrepreneurs Award 2011 and RK Indira Devi received Vijayalakshmi Das Entrepreneurship Award 2022, 1st Runner up. By honoring its Solar Energy program D-Light, USA has given Social Impact Certificate. Chanura became one of the 30 selective MFIs for MFIs study and one of the ten selective MFIs for Responsible Finance Practices across the country by SIDBI, Access Development Services & Microsave study. And also got sponsorship from SIDBI to attend the “Boulder Microfinance Training Program, 2017” at ITC-ILO, Turin, Italy organized by Boulder Institute of Microfinance, Washington, USA.