article / Octubre 11, 2016
Measuring Economic Development in Latin America
VisionFund is an organisation based on change. Changing the lives of our clients, their families and their communities is why we exist.
article / Junio 16, 2021
Microlending to Refugees: From Impossible to Possible
Does microlending to refugees make good financial sense? VisionFund Uganda proves it does through the success of its Saving Group Linkage Loan.
article / Julio 24, 2018
VisionFund President & CEO Michael Mithika Visits Ghana
VisionFund International’s new President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Mithika recently visited Ghana to meet with key stakeholders, as well as the VisionFund Ghana team.
publication / Julio 3, 2020
VFI CEO Search Prospectus
Prospectus: VisionFund International (VFI) has announced the launch of a search process for the role of President and CEO.
article / Marzo 11, 2019
VisionFund Loan Helps Dreams Come True
Johanna Ryan, VisionFund’s Global Director of Impact, meets an unofficial but true community leader Francisco, a VisionFund client from the Dominican Republic
article / Febrero 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 / Enero 11, 2016
Measuring the Impact of Microfinance: Grameen Foundation Report
VisionFund welcomes the Grameen Foundation’s report Measuring the Impact of Microfinance and its findings that microfinance has a consistent and positive effect on 200 million people worldwide.
article / Noviembre 1, 2016
Bright Lights in the Mountains
In central Sri Lanka, tucked away from the city, amidst rolling tea estates and misty mountains, a small shack gives shelter to an energetic, hardworking family.
article / Mayo 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.