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Thin lives in a rural community a couple hour outside of Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar. She’s like many women around the world, juggling multiple...
Winner of VisionFund's internal competition for communicators is awarded trip to visit Microfinance Institution in Sri Lanka.
The Boards of World Vision Ghana and VisionFund Ghana embarked on a three-day field visit to the Fanteakwa North and South District to observe ongoing...
The Ministry of Finance Project Coordination Unit Team embarked on a field visit to monitor the VSLA (Village Savings and Loan Association) linkage...
Dhanalakshmi, a 25-year-old mother, and Sivasubramaniam, her supportive 35-year-old husband have embarked on a journey that exemplifies the transformative...
In a small southern Indian village, Sudhat and Sadaippan, both aged 38, are a determined couple who set out to improve their family's future. Their journey...
At 52, Pedro can still hike quickly up the hills that surround his property and home. His goats all respond to his unique call, and they come running when...
Beatrice, 11, and her family benefit from agriculture, one of the primary projects in Moyo Area Programme in Zambia. In 2014, her stepfather, Patrick Nzala...
Growing up in Eastern Kenya, Malumani village, 34 year old Kamuti was raised by his grandmother who told him that it's only agriculture that can sustain a...
My name is Mme Coulibaly Fatoumata Bouare and since 2011 I have been a member of the Jigiseme Falo Groupo in Mali. Of Malian nationality, I am 46 years old...
Manzirou is a client of Falo RMCR, Mali; a 54 year old husband and father of five children, two of whom are in school. He is a member of the group Sigite...
Adama Konate is a member of the Jigiya group in Mali. Adama used to be a blacksmith and is very experienced in the craft of hoes and carts. His monthly...
Assitan Oulale is a 59-year-old Malian woman; she is married, grandmother of six grandchildren, and her husband is a farmer. She is not literate. She is a...
Yaquelin Ruiz (46) is a mother of three sons and one daughter. She and her husband Jesus (50) have always worked as hard as they could to support their...
"Fubode believes in us and gives us the opportunity to grow," said Herminia Elva Magne Ventura about her credit experience with Fubode IFD. Elva started...
Mrs. Victoria is a humble client who sells candy and toys in Quillacollo's central market, Bolivia. She started selling candy when her son was 13 years old...
Before getting a loan from VisionFund Rwanda and starting her business, Mukeshimana had nothing to eat, and was wearing dirty clothes but now life has...
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...
The air gets flooded with the milled maize leaves while Elena’s figure appears closer and closer. She had been milling the food for all the animals in her...
Laura started working when she was 19 years old, the same age she gave birth to her only child. “Looking at my baby girl changed my life, I wanted a...
Seny Romel Cabrera Colindres, has been a coffee producer for 18 years living in the community of Moroceli, Honduras. Mr. Romel has dedicated his entire...
Reina Rivera Alcántara is a coffee producer in Honduras, with five hectares of coffee and plans to obtain a production of 120 quintals of Café Oro. Reina...
The business world met Ethel at the age of 26, when her mother and her aunt decided to start a restaurant at home and she became an important element of...
Thanks to the 11 financings she got, Annie Kanyiki has found her businesses selling various food products and household products growing. She has been able...
Madam Célestine Nyangi BUEYA is at her fourth group credit cycle with VisionFund DRC to open a shop selling African fabrics. Having made her first loan in...
In Tanzania’s Magugu AP, near Arusha, funded by World Vision New Zealand, this group of 30 poultry raising women is called Mwamko, or “Wake up”. The group...
Gloria was born and raised in Cotacachi, province of Imbabura, Ecuador. Initially she was dedicated to raising animals such as chickens, pigs, guinea pigs...
Alex is a man from Túquerres, a municipality in the department of Nariño - Colombia, located 57.4 km from the Ecuadorian city of Tulcán. The constant...
University graduate Pheona has always been business minded. Choosing to run a market stall instead of walking the streets looking for a job, the mother of...
In Ireen Madzumbi's community, World Vision's THRIVE project taught farmers new ways to farm. Ireen learned she could grow crops all year long by using...
In 2016, Feston was facing challenges in running his business. He suddenly had no access to credit, as the microfinance institution he was borrowing from...