article / မတ်လ 8, 2021
Opportunities through access to digital services
With access to a good phone and the internet, women all over the world have the opportunity to reduce poverty, argues VisionFund’s Global Director of Impact, Johanna Ryan.
publication / ဒီဇင်ဘာလ
အသုံးပြု စကားစု - လအမည် အပြည့်အစုံ 15, 2020
VisionFund Myanmar | COVID-19 Response
Jul to Sep 2020 Highlights
article / ဖေဖေါ်ဝါရီလ 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 / အောက်တိုဘာလ 11, 2016
Guest House to Hotel Leader
Economic Empowerment: Helping Hardworking Parents.
publication / ဖေဖေါ်ဝါရီလ 25, 2020
Rwanda Country Highlights 2019
VisionFund Rwanda highlights for 2019
publication / စက်တင်ဘာလ 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.
press release / မတ်လ 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 / မေလ 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.
press release / အောက်တိုဘာလ 10, 2017
Recovery Lending in Africa
London: A report released today by DFID, World Vision UK and VisionFund International has revealed that an innovative market-based approach was central in building resilience to the El Nino climate shock that impacted East Africa throughout 2016 and early 2017.