Ghana’s agricultural landscape is impressive. A diversity of crops and favourable climatic conditions have enabled a vibrant agricultural sector and a...
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VisionFund Myanmar assists farmers to purchase machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes with the backing of the Livelihoods & Food Security Trust...
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...
Inclusive Business (IB) is a new and appealing concept to Myanmar. While there is a growing number of social enterprises and corporate social...
This World Day Against Child Labour, we take a look at the role that microfinance plays in ensuring that children are free to attend school and do what...
In this blog from Myanmar, the VisionFund team visits an education centre just outside the nation’s capital. This story embodies many of VisionFund’s...
When you work in development and tell your colleagues about an upcoming trip to the DRC you usually get a response that goes something like, ‘It can be a...
This week, we hear from Karsten Horne, a VisionFund supporter and CEO of Reho Travel . Karsten recently travelled to Myanmar with VisionFund, below are his...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
The sun, at 111 degrees, beats down, scorching everything it encounters. A group of seven women sit proudly together, huddled under a tree casting a small...
When first meeting the all-female loan collective of Djackou Mbougane, the fierce independence of each member is quickly apparent. “We love not having to...
As a girl, Daw Thin Thin Hlaing’s family was very poor—she often missed meals, didn’t have enough clothes and missed out on school. With limited...
Thida aged 43 years is a cobbler by trade, having learned her skills from her parents. With her experience, she is able to cover all aspects of the...
Yu is 33 years old and married with two daughters (14, 10) and a son aged 6 years. Her first experience at borrowing money came when she was desperate, and...
Fatou sits at the busy marketplace in the town of Tamba, Senegal; baskets of mangoes laid out before her. She buys them from her village and transports...
Johanna Ryan , VisionFund’s Global Director of Impact, meets an unofficial but true community leader Francisco, a VisionFund client from the Dominican...
VisionFund Myanmar assists farmers to purchase machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes with the backing of the Livelihoods & Food Security Trust...
Mye is a 39-year-old strong, sturdy mother to three children aged 12, 16 and 19 years. Her husband is in the military and often away from home and even...
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...
Inclusive Business (IB) is a new and appealing concept to Myanmar. While there is a growing number of social enterprises and corporate social...
This World Day Against Child Labour, we take a look at the role that microfinance plays in ensuring that children are free to attend school and do what...
Mercy started working with VisionFund Ghana in 2000, when she was 41 and her first loan was for GHS 150.00 (US $33.33). Mercy said, “I added the loan from...
VisionFund International’s new President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Mithika recently visited Ghana to meet with key stakeholders, as well as the...
VisionFund is focused on reaching rural families, knowing that 70 per cent of the world’s poor live in rural areas. I U Win Shein, a farmer in rural...
In this blog from Myanmar, the VisionFund team visits an education centre just outside the nation’s capital. This story embodies many of VisionFund’s...
When you work in development and tell your colleagues about an upcoming trip to the DRC you usually get a response that goes something like, ‘It can be a...
This week, we hear from Karsten Horne, a VisionFund supporter and CEO of Reho Travel . Karsten recently travelled to Myanmar with VisionFund, below are his...
