press release / May 3, 2016
VisionFund wins ADB Civil Society Partnership Award
VisionFund’s Asian Region Disaster Insurance Scheme wins ADB Civil Society Partnership Award
article / April 4, 2020
Field of Dreams
To the north of Ecuador is Tufiño parish, known for its mountains, wide green meadows that are used for planting and irrigation ditches, and an extremely cold climate, which hinders agricultural production.
press release / November 12, 2013
Quick Quick Banking
VisionFund is the latest microfinance organisation to join the cashless banking market. Its clients in Arusha, Tanzania can now receive and pay loans direct from their mobile phones through a the recently developed programme known locally as VFT chap chap (meaning quick quick).
article / March 24, 2017
Creating Financial Solutions Specifically for Women
VisionFund International stresses the importance of tailoring microfinance services to women
article / December 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 / June 25, 2021
Interview on Microfinance with VisionFund Zambia CEO
Get to know Simon Ziba, as he shares about the importance of microfinance in Zambia, the MFI's use of innovation and digital technology to promote financial inclusion, and VisionFund Zambia’s journey of serving communities!
article / October 8, 2019
A Growing School Bag Business
Kanthi Mallawarachchi is 51 years old and lives with her sons Buddika (23) and Keshan (15) in Nikaweratiya, a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka.
article / October 4, 2019
A Stable Income Increases Savings
For 37-year-old Luong Thi Phuong in Tan Thuy hamlet – Tan Phuc commune – Lang Chanh district – Thanh Hoa, her flock of goats is a great motivation to accomplish her dream.
press release / January 11, 2016
Financial Inclusion In Myanmar Grant
Yangon, London – 11 January 2016 – The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) has awarded World Vision Myanmar, working in close partnership with World Vision Australia and its microfinance partner VisionFund Myanmar, a grant of $4.5 million to help approximately 100,000 people gain impr