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...
Tran Thi Than is married with two children and is a VisionFund client at Lang Chanh branch in Vietnam. Before, her family was extremely poor and lived in a...
“Thanks to World Vision’s microfinance loans, my chicken raising business has grown significantly, which helps me not only earn more money, but also...
World Vision and VisionFund partnership provides financial support to microfinance client in rural Vietnam.
For 37-year-old Luong Thi Phuong in Tan Thuy hamlet – Tan Phuc commune – Lang Chanh district – Thanh Hoa, her flock of goats is a great motivation to...
Like many other poor households in Duc Xa village, Vinh Thuy commune, the family of 34-year-old Ho Thi Trinh used to struggle to cover the living expenses...
It has been a struggle, but Phoebe sits proudly in her three by three metre tailoring shop in a busy market in Kariobangi, northeast Nairobi. Every day...
At first, Cay started weaving brocade with one loom. She now runs a brocade weaving workshop, generating jobs to nearly 30 ethnic minority women in Lang...
Miko is an eleven-year-old Filipino boy who loves basketball. He already knows what he wants to be when he grows up – a policeman. A fine young policeman...
Judith, 46, wakes up at two o’clock in the morning, gathers her vegetables, loads them onto her delivery tricycle and leaves homes to sell them at the...
Munguntsetseg (41) is one of the hard working farmers in Mandal soum who grows vegetables such as potato, carrot, onion and supplies the community with...
One of the unique corners in the “Made in Mongolia” trading center of Darkhan city, Mongolia hosts a variety of handmade Mongolian traditional hats...
Bulgaa is a mother of six and now lives with her daughter, two grandchildren and her mother in Darkhan city, Mongolia. Initially, she had two cows for her...
Young entrepreneur Erdenebayar, aged 31, manufactures boots with the support of her husband Batbaatar and her daughter Uchral. She graduated from the...
"Things have been very difficult since my husband passed away, but with hard work and help we make it through," says Nyamkhuu, a middle aged woman in the...
VisionFund India staff were merrily greeted at the newly painted house. It was little Angel Maria’s home. At four years old, she is very active and chirpy...
34-year-old Rosemary from Kerala was a housewife for many years, until one day, she decided to open a fancy shop of her own. She managed to start her shop...
Selvi has been living in Veppanthattai Taluk Perambalur district for the last 35 years. She has two children; the elder daughter is studying in 9th Std and...
Mrs. Rukkumani, aged 38, has been living in Melaviduthi village, Pudukkottai for the last 28 years. She has three daughters and one son. For her three...
The curvy elevated road led us to the extreme top of a mountain. As we climbed up, I could see the bigger hills I saw from the valley, getting smaller. The...
Atta Potir has been producing coconut oil for over 35 years. It was a skill she learned from her grandma and has been her steady source of income ever...
Starting a small business in Ghana is one of the difficult terrains to walk especially in times when seed capital is hard to come by. This remains a dream...
My name is Daw Khin Than May. I live in Taung Myint ward. We have five family members. I have three children; two daughters and one son. Three years ago...
Mariam had her first child when she was 15. Growing up, she had five siblings; three brothers and two sisters, all whom married at a young age. In their...
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...