article / June 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.
article / August 5, 2022
How a WASH Loan Washed Away Financial Insecurity
Irene would always dread the dry season.
Rising temperatures meant rising water shortages – a threat to her family’s livelihood.
article / September 29, 2023
Fruits of Resilience: Alicia's Entrepreneurial Journey towards Growth, Education, and Family Success
Alicia (32) has been selling fruit and snacks in the central market of Tecpan, Guatemala for over 13 years. She has a prime corner spot with lots of foot and car traffic. She learned about VisionFund through a friend who gave her a flyer about VisionFund’s financial services.
article / June 16, 2021
Microlending to Refugees: From Impossible to Possible
Does microlending to refugees make good financial sense? VisionFund Uganda proves it does through the success of its Saving Group Linkage Loan.
publication / August 5, 2020
Annual Report on Most Missing Middle Project 2019-20
The ‘Most Missing Middle’ (MMM) program is a pilot which aims to test and identify an effective, scalable and inclusive business model for the provision of financial services to Small and Growing Business (SGBs).
article / December 11, 2023
Ministry of Finance Field Visit to VSLA Linkage Project Sites in Northern Ghana
The Ministry of Finance Project Coordination Unit Team embarked on a field visit to monitor the VSLA (Village Savings and Loan Association) linkage activities under the Ghana Financial Sector Development Project (GFSDP) in the Northern and Savanah Regions of Ghana.
article / January 22, 2024
Growing Deep to Reach Wide: Inside VisionFund Ghana’s Agricultural plan
Ghana’s agricultural landscape is impressive. A diversity of crops and favourable climatic conditions have enabled a vibrant agricultural sector and a seeming abundance of food in many rural areas.
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.
publication / February 18, 2022
VisionFund Mali Lessons Learned in Fragile Context
As the number of conflicts and disasters continue to rise around the world, VisionFund offices have been affected, creating challenges for staff, clients and microfinance instiution (MFI) operations. Learning from our past will set us on a course to better respond in the future.