article / Avgust 7, 2023
A Refugees Story of Financial Empowerment and Healing
When the war broke out in South Sudan, Joy fled to Uganda due to the dehumanizing treatment of women in her homeland. Leaving behind the place she had called home throughout her entire childhood to become a refugee was a deeply painful experience, but she had limited options if she stayed.
publication / Februar 13, 2024
State of the Practice: Savings Group Linkages 2024 Report
The 2024 State of the Practice Report, a groundbreaking study in the realm of financial inclusion, delineates the contemporary landscape of linkages between informal savings groups and formal financial services.
article / Juli 25, 2021
A new water tank, a new business: A pandemic story
Penninah is the chairperson of her savings group Uka nuke. She is a mother of four – her first born is married and doing business of dressmaking and her other three are yet to complete college.
publication / Januar 22, 2024
VisionFund FY23 Impact Annual Report
VisionFund is proud to release the FY23 VisionFund Impact Annual Report with data ending September 20, 2023.
publication / Maj 11, 2023
VisionFund FY22 Audited Financial Report
VisionFund FY22 audited financial report prepared by KPMG.
article / Oktobar 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.
publication / Januar 1, 2024
Microfinance in Myanmar: The Impacts of Conflict on Livelihoods and Debt Repayment
VisionFund Myanmar collaborated with Market Analysis Unit to understand the impacts of Myanmar’s current political and economic environment presents major challenges for local businesses, particularly those in need of lending.
article / Oktobar 8, 2019
Producing Organic Food
Gordana and Djordje Lazic are ensuring a better future for their children through agriculture and the production of healthy food. They started their business in 2008 and have been continuously upgrading it.
article / Oktobar 11, 2017
Hope In The Congo
When you work in development and tell your colleagues about an upcoming trip to the DRC you usually get a response that goes something like, ‘It can be a tough place.
article / Oktobar 17, 2019
Salima's Story
Madam Salima DIADI learned through a friend that VisionFund grants credit; she had already taken out a loan so was familiar with the process. She joined a group of five other people getting loans, and she started with a loan of US $400 and her latest loan is for