Who we are Farmers Alliance Against Poverty (FAAP) is a membership Association of farmers, Traders Artisans, craftsmen and other categories of the rural and urban poor. It was formed in 1998 to provide both financial and technical services to the members for the improvement of their enterprises toward a better income generation. Mission To create awareness about poverty and strengthen the spirit of togetherness in the people towards the utilization of the existing resources for economically productive and sustainable enterprise, yielding self-sufficiency and freedom from poverty. History FAAP started in 1998 with 10 members as a multipurpose credit society. It later developed into a credit union admitting groups and societies to form a virile organization with poverty eradication as its focus. FAAP presently has over 18000 members in 14 states of Nigeria out of which about 84% are women. Our Vision To build a strong micro finance institution sufficiently equipped for the empowerment of the poor for wealth creation and to lay a good foundation for a sustainable and profitable economic activity for total poverty eradication. Team FAAP is been managed by a team of experienced staff with different professional background and training. They execute and supervise all the programs of FAAP. Their background and training include Agriculture, Economics, Banking and Finance, Engineering, computer and Statistics, Business Management and Administration. Products / Services FAAP offers a wide range of micro finance products to meet the demand of its various members and clients. These could be broadly differentiated into:   - Working capital   - Agric loan   - Micro industrial loan FAAP also renders a lot of services to its direct members, affiliates, and others. Such services include:   - Training (Capital Building)   - Mobilization   - Loan disbursement/recovery   - Project monitoring/appraisal   - Business plans etc Recruitment/membership Membership is open to all categories of the people with no discrimination whatsoever to gender, ethnicity, religions inclination or political affiliation. Interested persons, groups or societies are admitted through the Areas.