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A Day with Confiance
19-year-old Confiance is a typical teenager. She loves music, fashion, selfies and sweets. She is also a refugee. Confiance fled Burundi with her mother and now lives in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in…
Read MoreA Determination to Succeed
As I reflect back on last year I am doing so at a time of global crisis and uncertainty. Yet when I think of the clients I have had the privilege to meet I am full of hope. On visits to Rwanda and…
Read MoreRefugees go behind the camera to tell their story
Next Saturday 20th June is World Refugee Day. It is a day to remember the courage and resilience of the millions of people who are being forcibly displaced from their homes and having to rebuild their…
Read MoreHands up for hand sanitiser!
“If life gives you a lemon, make a lemonade” - this is the attitude of Diana Anane, a 40-year old business-minded woman who lets no opportunity pass her by. Diana is married with three children…
Read MoreFarming for the Future
Nikuse farms rice and Maize in Muhanga, Rwanda. She has five children and one grandchild. Three years ago she joined a farming cooperative where she received training and access to loans through our…
Read MoreWhat is gender awareness training and why do we do…
When a woman’s status is elevated, entire communities are lifted out of poverty. However, women face many social, economic and cultural stereotypes that prevent this, especially in rural communities.…
Read MoreFinding a Lifeline for the Poor and the Financial Institutions…
The economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are increasing levels of vulnerability and insecurity, and driving many into chronic poverty. Microfinance Institutions - critical actors in provision of…
Read MoreHow digital technology is supporting our clients during…
COVID-19 has forced many of us to stay at home and avoid unnecessary contact with others. These restrictions on our lives affect many of us but they disproportionately affect people living in poverty,…
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