Community-run saving groups in Kenya allow entrepreneurial women to access informal loans away from banking bureaucracy.
![Irene Obahiambo stands in her workshop in Kawangware slum, Nairobi [William Worley/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ef7f4079505a4b59bf4681b101c0e297_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Community-run saving groups in Kenya allow entrepreneurial women to access informal loans away from banking bureaucracy.
Officials and NGOs hope to work with healers, who thrive in remote areas, in order to reach underserved communities.
Despite a major commitment to universal healthcare, the government is heavily reliant on external funding and donors.