Yikri was launched by Entrepreneurs du Monde in Burkina Faso to offer social microfinance to the most vulnerable entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso after several years of experience serving the energy sector through distribution of cleaner and more efficient lighting and cooking products. Yikri initially focused on peri-urban areas of the …
Anisia Credit Union was formed in the Western Ukrainian town of Lviv in 1995 as a civic institution in the years after the Central Moscow regulatory authority ceased to control Ukrainian financial sector. In 2002, Ukraine created and approved a Credit Union law and Anisia became the first Credit Union …
The BOMA Project launched in 2005, with the goal of creating pathways out of poverty for women living in the northern drylands. In late 2008, BOMA started implementing REAP, their ultra-poor graduation methodology. This approach’s impact is backed by rigorous research. BOMA scales their approach through direct implementation and strategic …
Mekong Plus and its partners, Thiên Chí and Anh Dương, their Vietnamese partners, do not build schools or clinics. They instead fund microcredit loans. With Mekong Plus, no microloan is given without prior training and without the assistance of a field officer in the borrower’s community. Mekong Plus’s teams give …
UMUTANGUHA (meaning a friend who never deceives) was started by a Rwandan association of Widowers “ICYUZUZO” in 2003. Its main objectives were, among others, to: (i) be self-sustaining by carrying out Income Generating Activities (IGAs) to minimize donor dependence; and (ii) support rural widowers-orphans – widows’ access to financial services …
Established in 1994, Support for Rural Advancement Society (“SUPPORT”) is a licensed Bangladeshi microfinance institution with a vision to alleviate poverty of rural communities and empower women in particular in socio-economic aspects. Their mission thus has been to support the un-banked non-urban entrepreneurs, especially women, who lack the ability to …
STEP is a non-profit organization working to improve and strengthen the living conditions of low income families in India. STEP provides microfinance to the unbanked population for creating business, medical expenses, house repair and education. Along with financial services, STEP also provides a wide range of socio-economic services like vocational …
Working in rural African villages, Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation. Our model is simple and cost-effective. The Village Enterprise one-year Graduation program provides groups of three entrepreneurs with seed capital, training and on-going mentoring by a local business mentor. We organize the business groups …
We work with Friendship Bridge to reach microentrepreneurs in Guatemala. Friendship Bridge has branch offices all over Guatemala, from Lake Atitlan to Huehuetenango and beyond. In addition to microloans, Friendship Bridge staff in the field administer adult education and health services to the clients they serve.
