16 members
Current membership, 2026
Our impact
A cooperative that reaches further
Since 2009, NSCL has served its members and backed work that reaches households across Vanuatu.
VT93M+
Lent since 2009. Daily Post, Mar 2024; NSCL media release, Jul 2025
Since 2009
Serving members
100+ households
Benefited from NSCL's Solar Home System Project, Vanuatu Daily Post, Mar 2024
VT 6 million
SPC/PCREEE funding for rural renewable-energy entrepreneurs, 2021
International voice
Invited by the Carbon Trust to speak at the UK aid-funded TEA Forum, Kigali, 2024
Clean energy access
Solar home system loans with NGEF and SPC, opened to non-members via the 2021 bylaw change.
Financial inclusion
Savings by standing order or salary deduction, fair declining-balance loans, and no early-repayment fees.
Digital finance
Digicel cash transfer app training, 2025.
Capacity building
Australia Awards project and risk management workshop, 2025.
Climate action
Green Climate Fund stakeholder engagement with NGEF and SPC, 2025.
Strong governance
Yearly audit approved by the Department of Cooperatives, 2026; regular EXCO meetings; 2025 Business Plan.
Milestones
- 2009 — founded as GVRS
- 2014 — renamed NSLS
- 2021 — renamed NSCL, loans opened to non-members, and VT 6 million PCREEE funding
- 2024 — bylaws amended, solar project reached 100+ beneficiaries, and NSCL spoke at the Kigali TEA Forum
- 2025 — new General Manager, 2025 Business Plan, and member trainings
- 2026 — AGM, audit approved, new uniform, and NFSL launched. NICL is paused for now and will be relaunched once a few of our new businesses are up and running.
