article / October 11, 2017
Business Women Share How They Are Thriving
This International Women’s Day, we are delighted to introduce six women clients from some of the communities where VisionFund provides microfinance and other financial services.
article / November 5, 2020
A journey out of poverty in Vietnam
“We used to be a lasting poor household of the hamlet, then a near-poor, and finally we have been lifted out of poverty,” says Mrs Nhuyen Thi Kim Cuc. “On top of that, the happiest thing is the recovery of my husband from a severe sickness by taking medicines regularly.
press release / January 11, 2016
UK Government Awards Grant for El Niño Response
Families devastated by what is predicted to be particularly severe El Niño weather patterns in six African countries are to benefit from small loans to rebuild their livelihoods, following a £2 million ‘returnable grant’ from the UK Government to aid agency World Vision UK and its microfinance pa
press release / November 2, 2015
VF Zambia Partners with FSD Zambia for FI2020 Week
VisionFund Zambia (VFZ), part of VisionFund International’s network of more than thirty microfinance institutions, is partnering with Financial Sector Deepening Zamb
article / March 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 / October 8, 2019
Education Loans Help Mother Finance Childrens' Future
“I want to finish school and get a salary so my mother can rest. She is very tired, I don’t want her to be tired any more.”
Yan Min Aung is 18 years old. His father died when he was four years old, leaving his mother, Myint Myint, with three children.
article / October 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.
press release / October 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.