article / Agosto 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.
article / Outubro 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 / Maio 11, 2023
VisionFund FY22 Audited Financial Report
VisionFund FY22 audited financial report prepared by KPMG.
article / Outubro 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 / Outubro 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 / Outubro 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
publication / Fevereiro 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 / Junho 15, 2022
From refugee to employer: Geofrey's story
When the war broke out in South Sudan in 1997, Geofrey (43) and his wife Flora fled with their children, leaving everything they owned behind, and found themselves in Northern Uganda as refugees.
article / Dezembro 14, 2020
Microloan Helps Kenya Small Business during COVID-19 | VisionFund
“Before COVID-19 our lives were busy and we were happy,” says Simon, a 47-year-old father of two girls and a boy, and supportive husband by the words of Penina, his wife. Their eldest daughter is currently working abroad at a hotel.
article / Junho 15, 2023
From Refugee to Employer, Geoffrey a year later
Geoffrey’s story starts in 1997 when the South Sudan war broke out, forcing him to flee with his wife Flora. They left everything behind and, eventually, settled in the West Nile region of Uganda.