article / مايو 11, 2017
Guest Blog: Myanmar Visit Changed Me
This week, we hear from Karsten Horne, a VisionFund supporter and CEO of Reho Travel.
page / أكتوبر 13, 2019
Mali | About Us
The Micro-Institution Income Growth (RMCR) Network - VisionFund Mali is a Microfinance Institution initiated by World Vision Mali and the Malian Association of Women of Protestant Churches - AMAFEP.
article / ديسمبر 3, 2019
A paperless service makes it easier to access loans
Nicholaus Emmanuel Kitete (aged 46) is married to Jackline Nicolaus and has two children - Irene (4 yrs) and Grayson (2 yrs). He is a member of the ‘Waitera’ group in his village, taking agricultural loans.
article / مارس 4, 2020
Where there is passion, there is progress
Dhammika (54) is a single-mother and has been providing for her two daughters on her own since they were ten and thirteen. She lives in Puttlam district, western Sri Lanka, where the majority of communities depend on agriculture for a living.
article / أكتوبر 4, 2019
An Amazing Transformation
Tran Thi Than is married with two children and is a VisionFund client at Lang Chanh branch in Vietnam.
article / فبراير 17, 2017
Surviving Drought and Flooding
Alice and her husband, Sydney, have two daughters, Bennadett and Clemensia. They are part of the Mposa community in Machinga, Malawi. Their region suffered from a widespread drought, which destroyed the primary crops farmers planted for their livelihoods.
Recovery Loans from VisionFund have helped many families in the Mposa area rebuild their livelihoods after their maize crop failed twice due to drought and then floods.
Alice’s was one of them. She applied for a loan from VisionFund and invested it in growing vegetables, and later took another loan to purchase fertilizer and fuel for the communal pump that irrigates her vegetable garden. She was able to sell her vegetables at the local market to provide for her family’s needs. “If it wasn’t for the loan and these vegetables, I am sure that by today we would have sold our goats or split up the family in order to search for employment in the city,” said Sydney, who revealed that some households have adopted costly coping strategies such as withdrawing children from school and reducing food consumption which have long-term impact.
VisionFund has impacted 150 families in the Mposa region, by granting them loans to rebuild their livelihoods after their maize crop failed. Women use the income earned from growing vegetables to cover their daily needs, including their children’s school fees and health care costs.
article / نوفمبر 10, 2018
Partnerships That Serve Rural Farming Families
VisionFund Myanmar assists farmers to purchase machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes with the backing of the
article / نوفمبر 19, 2020
Sanitation and Hygene Acces Empowers Ugandan Families
“Little children in the community used to see me when I would go to defecate in the bushes,” says Sarah Nakajjoba, a mother living in Kyalulangira, a sub-county in Rakai district, south-western Uganda.
article / أكتوبر 19, 2019
Coffee Business Improves in Quality and Quantity
Seny Romel Cabrera Colindres, has been a coffee producer for 18 years living in the community of Moroceli, Honduras. Mr. Romel has dedicated his entire life to growing coffee.