article / October 14, 2019
Incubating More Than Dreams
In Tanzania’s Magugu AP, near Arusha, funded by World Vision New Zealand, this group of 30 poultry raising women is called Mwamko, or “Wake up”.
page / October 14, 2019
Uganda | About Us
VisionFund Uganda is a microfinance institution (MFI) and wholly owned subsidiary of World Vision that started in 1996 as MEDNET and later rebranded in 2012 as VisionFund Uganda.
article / November 5, 2021
Hilda the multiple businesswoman
Hilda is a single mother, married when she was 18, and has three children, two girls and a boy. The eldest is Sheila aged 17, Abigail aged 15 and Bright aged 9.
page / October 11, 2019
Senegal | About Us
VisionFund Senegal (VFS) Microfinance, SA, was opened in July 2016 and started its operations in March 2017. We provide financial services to people who would otherwise have little or no access to credit.
article / October 8, 2021
A business on her head no more
Time was limited, a customer sat next to her, waiting to take her order, so Martha spoke to us while serving her.
article / October 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.
article / October 2, 2019
Dreams of a Fancy Shop Come True
34-year-old Rosemary from Kerala was a housewife for many years, until one day, she decided to open a fancy shop of her own. She managed to start her shop, ‘Rosarium’, in the town nearby. However, running the shop was not a very easy task for someone who was very new to business.