The Grassroots Gender Empowerment Movement provides microfinance and training services to poor women in urban areas of Freetown. Cordaid provided funding to GGEM to hire a consultant to assist in their strategic business plan development. 

After a SWOT analysis and an environmental scan a participatory workshop with board and staff members was organised to develop a strategic plan for the organisation. 
GGEM staff developed a 2 year business plan based on the approved strategy, focusing on financial services delivery to economically active poor women.

[Sierra Leone, ref. 611; Cordaid, 2002]