Written by Edgar S. Martinez, President and International CEO at VisionFund International This International Women’s Day, we know that women and girls are...
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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...
VisionFund International stresses the importance of tailoring microfinance services to women By Annalisa Plachesi and Miranda Barham, WAM Steering...
Tell us about VisionFund and microfinance empowers women? For more than ten years VisionFund has worked to build solid foundations in our microfinance...
Microfinance providers seeking to improve the lives of children must first serve women clients, closing the gender gap to achieve financial inclusion for...
Have you ever had one of those days that is so memorable you know you’ll recall it for life? I was lucky enough to have one recently in Mbafaye, a village...
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...
Rose got married at an early age (18 years) and has two children; Trinity-14 years, and Trevor 9 years. Rose and her family used to live in poverty but she...
Business lady Vester Nandima had to drop out of school at the age of 19 because her parents could not pay her school fees. She married Liwonde at the age...
Hilda is a single mother, married when she was 18, and has three children, two girls and a boy. The eldest is Sheila aged 17, Abigail aged 15 and Bright...
When I start writing this story, I can only describe Mrs. Maria Magdalene as an empowered woman. Describing Mrs. Maria is complicated because there are...
Mrs. Nelly has a special sparkle in her eyes as she begins to tell us her story. She assures us that thanks to VisionFund she is able to sustain her family...
In a typical Ghanaian socio-economic setting, property ownership is male dominated. Despite efforts by non-governmental organisations and the government...
In the Ahafo Ano North District in the Ashanti region, Ghana, is the Numesua community. Known for its small-scale mining activities called ‘Galamsey’. An...
Maria considers herself a very social person, seeking the well-being and good quality of life for her family and therefore of others as well. Her family...
Melida is a very hard-working woman whose first business, that she began 15 years ago, was making corn tortillas. She learned the technique of making them...
Paola tells us that from an early age she had worked with her parents in the fields, and that ever since she was a child, they had instilled in her the...
Time was limited, a customer sat next to her, waiting to take her order, so Martha spoke to us while serving her. “I have been selling bedspreads and...
“I am a single mother; my (daughter) Ali is the one who gives me the strength to continue day by day, and for her I look for a thousand and one ways to...
Written by Kaitlin McGarvey, North America Fundraising Manager, VisionFund International The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic is...
With access to a good phone and the internet, women all over the world have the opportunity to reduce poverty, argues VisionFund’s Global Director of...
In the province of Los Ríos, on the Ecuadorian coast, sits the town of Quevedo, the largest and most inhabited in the province. Known for its warm climate...
On the outskirts of the Ecuadorian town of Tulcán, where the streets are narrow and full of dirt, on a large landfill site of mountains of plastic garbage...
Jane lovingly feeds her enormous pig, Sarah, who is considered a family pet and has produced a number of piglets which have fetched an income at market...
Dhammika (54) is a single-mother and has been providing for her two daughters on her own since they were ten and thirteen. She lives in Puttlam district...
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...
"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...