Poverty cannot be eradicated by just pumping money towards the needy. Microfinance institutes attempt to enhance financial access and explicit participation by poor through self-help groups to thwart poverty. Indira Abstract: Kranthi Patham (IKP), a state government body in Andhra Pradesh, is one such institution that helps set up and run women self-help groups (SHGs) for mutual cooperation. Self-help groups are women-only groups with a limited membership of 10–15 per each. Group members meet periodically to save thrift amounts and access each. Group members meet periodically to save thrift amounts and access banking services like loans, insurance, etc., which they may not avail of individually because of their poor economic status. However, running an SHG is not an easy task for these women. At present, SHGs have to depend on non-members for their tasks of accounting and financial management. Existing systems have greater scope for leaders’ dominance and mismanagement of funds, and hence groups are still distant from the objective of the self-help model. The project involved identifying problems in the way SHGs function and designing an appropriate solution to help automate their key functions. It was started as an appropriate solution to help automate their key functions. It was started with in-depth interactions with members of 5 SHGs and 12 stakeholders across 8 villages. The proposed design is an SHG accounting application based on a mobile phone that can be shared by members of an SHG. Application's interface is based on colours, symbols, numbers, and audio to communicate particulars related to periodical payments, interest rates, upcoming loan opportunities, and such financial matters. It would reduce the need for double entry in multiple books and minimise the errors.