article / October 8, 2019
A Hardworking Entrepreneur
“The professional approach of MFI KosInvest employees as well as affordable loan products have enabled me to expand my business activities and provided decent living conditions for my family,” said Afrim Dernjani, a hardworking entrepreneur from the city of Ferizaj, Kosovo.
article / August 14, 2020
Savings Save the Day for Myanmar Clients in Pandemic
As a result of COVID-19, businesses and economies around the world are scrambling to survive. Disruptions caused by the pandemic and the policies implemented in Myanmar to mitigate COVID-19’s impact have affected the entire population’s economic activities.
press release / January 18, 2018
Smallholder Farmers Now Have Climate Insurance
Largest Non-Governmental Climate Insurance Programme Launches for African & Asian Smallholder Farmers
Initiative aims to achieve 1% of G7 goal to insure vulnerable people
article / January 13, 2022
The Impact of A Rural Financial Inlcusion Partnership
VisionFund Malawi implements Accelerating Rural Financial Inclusion in Malawi (ARFIM) which is funded by Financial Access for Rural Markets Smallholders and Enterprise (FARMSE), a seven-year development programme financed by the Malawi government, the International Fund for Agr
press release / November 2, 2015
VF Zambia Partners with FSD Zambia for FI2020 Week
VisionFund Zambia (VFZ), part of VisionFund International’s network of more than thirty microfinance institutions, is partnering with Financial Sector Deepening Zamb
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
page / October 14, 2019
Guatemala | About Us
Vision Fund Guatemala (VFG) is a microfinance institution with more than 26 years of experience, for 20 years under the name of the Guatemalan Association for Development (AGUDESA) and in August 2016 it changed its name to VisionFund Guatemala SA.
article / December 25, 2016
How Does Microfinance Impact The Lives Of Women?
Tell us about VisionFund and microfinance empowers women?
article / September 16, 2019
Not So Run Of The Mill
Daw Saw Saw Win, like many women in Myanmar, left her family to move to Yangon, the capital city for work where she took on various jobs in tourism, hotels, and in government offices.
article / February 17, 2017
Surviving Drought and Flooding
Alice and her husband, Sydney, have two daughters, Bennadett and Clemensia. They are part of the Mposa community in Machinga, Malawi. Their region suffered from a widespread drought, which destroyed the primary crops farmers planted for their livelihoods.
Recovery Loans from VisionFund have helped many families in the Mposa area rebuild their livelihoods after their maize crop failed twice due to drought and then floods.
Alice’s was one of them. She applied for a loan from VisionFund and invested it in growing vegetables, and later took another loan to purchase fertilizer and fuel for the communal pump that irrigates her vegetable garden. She was able to sell her vegetables at the local market to provide for her family’s needs. “If it wasn’t for the loan and these vegetables, I am sure that by today we would have sold our goats or split up the family in order to search for employment in the city,” said Sydney, who revealed that some households have adopted costly coping strategies such as withdrawing children from school and reducing food consumption which have long-term impact.
VisionFund has impacted 150 families in the Mposa region, by granting them loans to rebuild their livelihoods after their maize crop failed. Women use the income earned from growing vegetables to cover their daily needs, including their children’s school fees and health care costs.