What happens when… A mother gets a way to save money?
This article looks at five things that happen when a mother gets a way to save money.
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How banking and humanitarian work go hand in hand
It might surprise you, but banks and aid agencies have more in common that you might think, and...
What happens when… A mother gets a way to save money?
This article looks at five things that happen when a mother gets a way to save money.
Annual Report Video Format World Vision Niger
We have the immense joy and privilege of presenting to you the annual report in video format...
What youth need to succeed and escape cycles of poverty
On World Youth Skills Day 2022, Dr Tendai Chigavazira considers the blocks to youth employment and some key...
Savings Groups: Empowering Mothers, Protecting Children
By Angeline Munzara, Global Sector Leader, Livelihoods, World Vision International Why Savings for Mothers? A family without...
I Saw Poverty for the First Time in the Desert
Dr. Jean Baptiste Kamante, reflects on his time with World Vision, coming face-to-face with poverty and how...
THRIVE transforms Grace’s life.
Grace Bwalya, a 48-year-old mother of two, is regarded as a role model for other women in Mpika...
World Vision, VisionFund come together to transform lives of refugee women and children in Uganda
In March 2021, Agnes’ group received a UGX 4 million (US$1,080) loan from VisionFund, a World Vision...
Lending to refugees: How impossible becomes possible
Martina challenges the finance sector to think again about how risky refugees are when it comes to...
Is lending to refugees, emigrants, or asylum seekers a wise choice?
Edgar makes us think again about how we treat displaced people who turn up on our doorstep asking...
Dreaming a possible dream – excellence in all we do
It is not enough to want to do good, argues Stephen, we have to be professional in...
Minding the (financial and digital) gap!
In every context, strengthening the links between cash transfers, savings groups and digitisation contributes to resilient recovery...
If digitisation is a winner, who or what loses?
COVID-19 has helped to move efforts to go digital forward at a greater pace, bringing huge benefits but...
Surveillance capitalism – and aid
When debating the ups and downs of cash transfers, the concept of choice hangs over us, writes...
Both children and adults bank on the success of savings groups
By Angeline Munzara, Global Senior Advisor, Livelihoods. Even though I have been passionate about improving people’s livelihoods...
Lifting Communities Out of Poverty, One Loan at a Time
Bernadette Uwitonze is a single mother of two boys, Gentil, 7, and Chance, 14. They reside with her...
Cash: the glue that binds humanitarian and development work
By Kathryn Taetzsch Global Director, Cash-Based Programming World Vision International For too long, as practitioners of good...
New-found confidence
Born with malformation in her legs and arms and bypassed by other villagers, Tham was recluse in...
Reaching the most vulnerable through cash programmes
It’s a busy day for more than 100 families in Haibung Village Development Committee. They are receiving their...
Child labourer finds hope
Phyu rushes out of her simple house of wood on stilts, covered with a thatched roof headed...
Increasing the price of crops through joint marketing
Joint marketing has not been widely recognized by most people in North Central Timor. Most farmers in...
Rearing pigs to improve family economy
A pig rearing training organised with the help of World Vision, focused on income generation through professional livestock...