Sometimes saying no is the better answer
Written by Miyon Kautz, Director, Marketing and Engagement, VisionFund “Love your neighbour as yourself” (Lev. 19:18). Lazarus Chama...
How a WASH Loan Washed Away Financial Insecurity
Irene would always dread the dry season. Rising temperatures meant rising water shortages – a threat to...
How far have you walked for some water?
Felista would travel over 13 kilometers in search of clean drinking and cooking water. It was a...
Loans to Improve Community Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
Written by Kaitlin McGarvey, North America Fundraising Manager, VisionFund International “I want the business to become a one-stop...
Moving from Outreach to Impact
Written by Johanna Ryan, Global Director of Impact, VisionFund International In our work, there are significant challenges...
The Impact of A Rural Financial Inlcusion Partnership
VisionFund Malawi implements Accelerating Rural Financial Inclusion in Malawi (ARFIM) which is funded by Financial Access for...
Development comes from taking ownership
World Vision’s and VisionFund’s Empowered World View approach affirms that development comes from people taking ownership instead of...
Seamstress Empowers Teen Mothers Through Microloan
In the Ahafo Ano North District in the Ashanti region, Ghana, is the Numesua community. Known for...
VisionFund Malawi Impact Survey for Saving Group Linkage Loans
By Martina Crailsheim, Director, VisionFund Savings Group Linkage VisionFund is making a bold strategic move to reach...
Crafting a future for the children
Doña Beatriz is a weaver of the community of Llallagua, Bolivia. She has been a microfinance client for...
A pottery business in Mexico
Don Irving has 32 years’ experience as a potter. He started learning in his uncle's workshop when...
Weaving colourful Kente in Ghana
The wooden roller claps against rich firm layers of yarns, a laborious process which produces rolls of...
A father’s vision
Samasey, a father of four, believes in Genesis 1.28. He opines that nobody was born to suffer and...
83% is a powerful figure!
Written by Johanna Ryan, Global Director of Impact, VisionFund International In March this year, a study of...
VisionFund Contributes to Child Well-being Outcomes
When we refer to “child well-being outcomes” in our work, what we really mean is that we...
Sanitation and Hygene Acces Empowers Ugandan Families
“Little children in the community used to see me when I would go to defecate in the bushes,”...
A journey out of poverty in Vietnam
“We used to be a lasting poor household of the hamlet, then a near-poor, and finally we...
VisionFund Myanmar Financial Inclusion Practices Report
After performing more than 300 in-depth interviews with VisionFund Myanmar clients, the independent data-led social enterprise 60...
Loan Officers Share Pandemic Experiences in Ecuador
At VisionFund, our loan officers are at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether working with new clients...
Measuring Economic Development in Latin America
VisionFund is an organisation based on change. Changing the lives of our clients, their families and their...
Microfinance Equips Women to Improve Children's Lives
Microfinance providers seeking to improve the lives of children must first serve women clients, closing the gender...