article / ဇွန်လ 11, 2019
Shoeing a Nation
Thida aged 43 years is a cobbler by trade, having learned her skills from her parents. With her experience, she is able to cover all aspects of the business from financial management to purchasing supplies and managing sales.
article / အောက်တိုဘာလ 11, 2018
Education Will Give My Children a Better Life
This World Day Against Child Labour, we take a look at the role that microfinance plays in ensuring that children are free to attend school and do what children do instead of having to work to support their families.
publication / သြဂုတ်လ 5, 2020
Annual Report on Most Missing Middle Project 2019-20
The ‘Most Missing Middle’ (MMM) program is a pilot which aims to test and identify an effective, scalable and inclusive business model for the provision of financial services to Small and Growing Business (SGBs).
article / ဖေဖေါ်ဝါရီလ 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.
article / အောက်တိုဘာလ 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.
article / အောက်တိုဘာလ 4, 2019
Phoebe's Vision to Help Young People
It has been a struggle, but Phoebe sits proudly in her three by three metre tailoring shop in a busy market in Kariobangi, northeast Nairobi.
publication / ဇွန်လ 22, 2022
VisionFund Impact Evaluation: Finance Accelerating Savings group Transformation
VisionFund commissioned 60_Decibels to conduct two impact evaluations in Malawi to determine if VisionFund´s FAST programme – lending to savings groups, accomplished our main programme objectives:
article / အောက်တိုဘာလ 8, 2019
A Growing School Bag Business
Kanthi Mallawarachchi is 51 years old and lives with her sons Buddika (23) and Keshan (15) in Nikaweratiya, a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka.
article / စက်တင်ဘာလ 13, 2019
Struggle Turns to Joy
Often we meet families who have had to separate in order for one or both parents to find better paying work in an urban centre. This story is about a family who went to Thailand to seek work, but eventually ended up back in Myanmar where they are thriving.
article / အောက်တိုဘာလ 2, 2019
Making Her Restaurant Dreams Come True
Starting a small business in Ghana is one of the difficult terrains to walk especially in times when seed capital is hard to come by. This remains a dream until it is backed by a strong passion to survive.