article / Februar 3, 2020
Expanding our Cashbox: Piloting Savings Group Linkage
VisionFund shares the impact of its microfinance insitutions' pilot program of Savings Group Linkage Loans to empower community savings groups in Africa.
publication / Septembar 5, 2022
VisionFund Myanmar | Annual Report FY21
VisionFund Myanmar released the Annual Report for the financial year ending 30 September 2021, empowering lives through microfinance services.
article / Februar 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.
publication / Septembar 12, 2019
Saving Group Quality Assessment
The Saving Group community have created a Group Quality Assessment check which is an excellent way for financial service providers to identify cohesive groups. VisionFund have added other ways of preparing groups for linkage.
article / Oktobar 11, 2016
Guest House to Hotel Leader
Economic Empowerment: Helping Hardworking Parents.
press release / Mart 10, 2020
VisionFund Brings Financial Inclusion to Ugandan Refugees
First branch opened with another three planned in 2020
First microfinance organisation to serve refugee groups at scale with group loans in Palorinya settlement
article / Maj 11, 2017
A Hand Up
Often we refer to microfinance as the offering of a ‘hand up, not a hand out’, a principle that tends to resonate with our supporters who look for a sustainable way to help people living in impoverished circumstances.
publication / Septembar 10, 2020
VisionFund Myanmar | Annual Report FY19
VisionFund Myanmar released the Annual Report for the financial year ending 30 September 2019, empowering lives through microfinance services.
publication / Septembar 5, 2017
Building Futures Together - Annual Report 2016
VisionFund International announces strong annual growth for financial year ending 30 September 2016.