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...
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...
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...
Madam Fidéline Mbo NGANGONA is in her 4th cycle of group credit with VisionFund, DRC. Having made her first loan in a group of ten people after a strong...
Madam Salima DIADI learned through a friend that VisionFund grants credit; she had already taken out a loan so was familiar with the process. She joined a...
In the settlement of Palorinya in northern Uganda, most of the inhabitants share the same story. Like so many others in her village, Mary (32) had arrived...
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...
Smallholder farmer and mother of five, Jessica started her farm with just one pig, a far cry from the larger agricultural business she has today. Her first...
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...
43-year-old Daba is a member of the market garden strip group in the village Djilor 1, located in the district of Fimela. She has eight children : two...
Business owner, farmer, grandmother to six children, and microfinance entrepreneur, Ifgenia has had her share of struggles. Born in the 1950’s, Ifgenia...
Idah Yohane Kamwendo is a married woman who hails from Chipanga village T/A Mduwa, Mikundi Mchinji. She is the treasurer of Chamwabvi group which has nine...
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...
Wijayangani and her husband Saman Bandara make a great team running a woodwork business in Sri Lanka. Saman is a carpenter and creates windows, doors and...
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...
Agriculture remains the main occupation for many families in Sri Lanka, including in the north-western district of Puttlam, where Chandrani (42 years) and...
On a roadside overlooking the lagoon in Puttlam, northwestern Sri Lanka, is a glass-windowed shop full of brightly-coloured handicrafts; from teddy bears...
“I want to study hard and be a doctor,” says 12 year-old Mg Mg Kyaw, “So that I can treat my grandmother if she falls sick.” His grandmother, 58 year old...
Hpa-An is capital city of Karen State where located in the Southeastern of Myanmar. It is also known as a native place of Karen ethnic people who earn the...
“I want to finish school and get a salary so my mother can rest. She is very tired, I don’t want her to be tired any more.” Yan Min Aung is 18 years old...
Daw Thin Thin Aye (36 years old) is a seasonal flower planter who lives in Hmawbi Township, about three hours away from Myanmar’s capital city Yangon...