
Description
The Rural Assistance Limited, a trading commercial establishment, which provides all customers with a wide range of consumer/household goods, including, refrigerators, television sets, video decks, sewing machines, textiles, clothing, cookers, fans, asbestos sheets and many more. Customers of the bank can apply for such items and make payments by instalment. The bank as partners with Freedom From Hunger (FFH) A non governmental Organisation established the Women in Development Project in 1992. The project established a credit with education program in the catchment area purposely designed to empower our rural women to tackle the problem of poverty, hunger and malnutrition. Women interested in receiving credit come together to form credit with savings associations (CSA). The women invest in activities that they know already. As at 31/05/2015, the bank has One Hundred and Ninety-Three [193] Credit with Savings Associations with an average of Twenty-Five (25) members in each association in Twenty-one Communities. Total savings and loans disbursed as at 31/05/15 were US$74,883.16 and US$130,466.05 respectively. CORPORATE IMAGE A. Rural Bank of the year award - 1991 The bank received the best-operated Rural Bank Award in 1991, in recognition of its expanded and improved services to customers. This was awarded by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (Ghana). B. National Good Corporate Citizen Award - 1996 This honour was given to the bank in recognition of the positive contribution to the Civic Community and Ghana in the area of finance. The certificate was received on the occasion of the 5th Ghana International Trade Fair from the President of the Republic of Ghana then Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings. C. Ghana Club