video / June 11, 2017
Threads’ – A Short Film From VisionFund Myanmar
Did you know that 70 per cent of the adult population in Myanmar is financially excluded or informally served?
article / September 29, 2023
From Traditional Garments to Poultry Profits: Isidra's Journey of Empowered Artistry and Entrepreneurship
Isidra, 33, first heard about VisionFund through her women friends. They had decided to start a savings group to take out a loan. But she quickly decided to take out her own individual loan ($330) to buy colorful thread to make the detailed traditional Guatemalan blouses.
press release / November 10, 2023
VisionFund celebrates 20 years of financial inclusion through microfinance
10 November 2023 – VisionFund International proudly commemorates two decades of dedicated service in championing financial inclusion and fostering rural economic growth, all while building brighter futures for children worldwide.
publication / February 20, 2023
Global Accountability Report 2021
The World Vision International Global Accountability report covers all of World Vision’s operations during the 2021 financial year (1 October 2020 – 30 September 2021). Unless otherwise indicated, all references to 2021 are to the financial year, not the calendar year.
article / September 22, 2016
One Day in the Life of a Senegalese Loan Officer
In 2011, it was estimated that nearly half of Senegal’s population of 13.5 million people were living below the poverty line.
article / October 8, 2021
Weaving colourful Kente in Ghana
The wooden roller claps against rich firm layers of yarns, a laborious process which produces rolls of Kente, a bright colourful fabric. In the yarn house - a cubicle of sorts which houses the weaver - is John. He pulls the string roller, fast, swift, timed.
publication / June 9, 2023
Savings Linked Insurance for Resilience: Ghana & Malawi Final Report - June 2023
For the past seven years, VisionFund has been actively designing microinsurance products tailored to meet the needs of the clients we serve. We believe microinsurance provides vulnerable individuals with the safety net they so often lack.
press release / April 14, 2020
Statement about Softbank
LONDON – 14 April 2020. VisionFund International has become aware that technology investor Softbank is expected to report losses to its investment fund, the Softbank Vision Fund, as widely reported in media publications.
article / October 19, 2019
Bathing Suits, Beaches and Profit
Among sewing machines, large rolls of fabric in vivid colours, threads in the floor and her 11 employees working devotedly, Dalila recalls calmly the most difficult times in her business: divorce, depression and over indebtedness. “Bad decisions led me there”.
press release / January 26, 2023
VisionFund Uganda appoints Ms. Sarah Yvonne Byabazaire as Board Chairperson
January 24, 2023. Over the past 26 years, VisionFund Uganda has achieved exceptional growth in extending financial services to the underprivileged people in Uganda’s rural and vulnerable communities.