{"id":96,"date":"2025-08-30T20:30:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/?p=96"},"modified":"2025-08-30T20:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:31:23","slug":"how-lodas-my-phone-my-money-is-changing-lives-in-rural-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":"How LODA\u2019s \u201cMy Phone, My Money\u201d Is Changing Lives in Rural Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For years, Vision 2020 Umurenge Program (VUP) beneficiaries spent hours traveling to SACCO branches to withdraw support funds. Today, thanks to a new campaign by LODA, many are doing it with just a few taps on their phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative, called <strong>\u201cMy Phone, My Money,\u201d<\/strong> is helping residents link their SACCO accounts with SIM cards under their names, making it possible to receive payments and carry out transactions digitally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Gicumbi, Anatole Bagirubwira described how the system saved him three hours of travel: <em>\u201cNow I can access my money quickly and invest the time in activities that improve my life,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LODA Director General <strong>Claudine Nyinawagaga<\/strong> explained that beyond convenience, the campaign enhances financial security and supports Rwanda\u2019s poverty-reduction strategy. <em>\u201cEvery hour saved is an opportunity for citizens to be more productive,\u201d<\/em> she noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, Vision 2020 Umurenge Program (VUP) beneficiaries spent hours traveling to SACCO branches to withdraw support funds. Today, thanks to a new campaign by LODA, many are doing it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}