:title: Sarafu-Credit Takes Shape :author: Will Ruddick :date: Jan 21, 2016 :slug: sarafu-credit-takes :summary: We began the year by looking at our successes and challenges with five Kenyan community currencies in 2015. Out of this came the... We began the year by looking at our successes and challenges with five Kenyan community currencies in 2015. Out of this came the Sarafu-Credit model which focuses heavily on credit-clearing. Grassroots Economics is doing a lot behind the scenes to prepare for rolling out Sarafu-Credit over 2016 and will be explaining the process more as it takes shape over the next few months. Gatina-Pesa was the first community currency to pilot the new Sarafu-Credit credit-clearing meetings after their monthly market day. We're happy to be seeing a strong emphasis on balancing community currency accounts with increasing membership and acceptance. Permaculture Gardens in the schools of Bangladesh's Bangla-Pesa program near Mombasa are starting to sprout. The students are learning about agroforestry, soil conservation and nutrition, and the local businesses are excited to have a source of local produce. We've just installed a rain water catchment system which will help in providing a more continuous water supply. #permaculture #communitycurrencies `#permaculture `_ #permaculture `#communitycurrencies `_ #communitycurrencies