article / Abril 4, 2020
Liciria, fulfilling her dreams with garbage!
On the outskirts of the Ecuadorian town of Tulcán, where the streets are narrow and full of dirt, on a large landfill site of mountains of plastic garbage, stands 33-year old Liciria.
article / Octubre 10, 2019
Women Farmers THRIVE in Malawi
In Ireen Madzumbi's community, World Vision's THRIVE project taught farmers new ways to farm. Ireen learned she could grow crops all year long by using water from ponds on her property. She learned that vegetables, like beans and potatoes, could be planted together at the same time.
article / Octubre 4, 2019
Pigs+Pigs+Pigs = Profit
Like many other poor households in Duc Xa village, Vinh Thuy commune, the family of 34-year-old Ho Thi Trinh used to struggle to cover the living expenses and educational costs for her family of
article / Octubre 3, 2019
Starting a Dream With One Cow
VisionFund India staff were merrily greeted at the newly painted house. It was little Angel Maria’s home. At four years old, she is very active and chirpy. She took our staff to see the baby calf she is very fond of and showed us around the house.
article / Marzo 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 / Febrero 8, 2021
Stitching together a livelihood in a refugee settlement
When Kiden left South Sudan for Uganda in the middle of the 2017 surge of fighting in the civil war, only five things came with her; her four children and her sewing machine.
page / Octubre 14, 2019
Rwanda | About Us
VisionFund Rwanda (VFR) is one of the largest deposit-taking Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Rwanda with a mission to provide financial and non-financial services to underprivileged rural communities.
article / Octubre 4, 2019
Building Relationships through a Bountiful Harvest
Judith, 46, wakes up at two o’clock in the morning, gathers her vegetables, loads them onto her delivery tricycle and leaves homes to sell them at the mar
article / Octubre 11, 2019
Planting the Seeds of Success
43-year-old Daba is a member of the market garden strip group in the village Djilor 1, located in the district of Fimela.
article / Octubre 2, 2019
Dreams of a Fancy Shop Come True
34-year-old Rosemary from Kerala was a housewife for many years, until one day, she decided to open a fancy shop of her own. She managed to start her shop, ‘Rosarium’, in the town nearby. However, running the shop was not a very easy task for someone who was very new to business.