VisionFund Impact Evaluation: Savings Group Lending for VisionFund Rwanda

VisionFund is a learning organization and is committed to understanding the impact our products have on the lives of our clients and their families. To get a scientific, objective, third-party analysis of our work, VisionFund commissioned 60_Decibels to conduct two impact evaluations (an initial study in July 2022 and a follow-up study in March 2023) in Rwanda to evaluate our FAST - Finance Accelerating Savings Group Transformation product.

The studies demonstrate FAST is having a positive impact on the surveyed clients in Rwanda by accelerating business development, increasing savings, furthering financial resiliency, and benefitting child well-being. The studies also confirm that we are serving the targeted demographic (rural clients below the poverty line, especially women) with a product that is working to help clients achieve economic empowerment.