BLOG & STORIESWorking Alongside Our Partners During COVID-19 On this page, we will be providing updates about how we are responding to COVID-19 with our partners in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. You will find the latest information at the top of the page.  5th November 2020 A few weeks ago, we recorded a conversation with our Africa Director, ... Read More

BLOG & STORIES“I’m now well respected in my community… I am a business lady” Meet Nemayian, an entrepreneur and business owner from Loitokitok, Kenya.  Before joining our Village Investors Program (VIP), her family depended on her husband's earnings from casual labor. This is a significant problem in Kenya where vulnerable employment affects 53% of those employed (World Bank, 2019), which ... Read More

BLOG & STORIESTailoring A Bright Future Meet 21-year-old Harrison, a tailor and business owner from Helani village in central Malawi.  When he was 15, Harrison was forced to drop out of school because his family could not afford secondary school fees. This is a widespread problem for young people in Malawi with only 31% of the population (World Bank, 2016) ... Read More

BLOG & STORIES‘Sewing’ Skills To Others Meet Obert, Irene and Jane*, three tailors and entrepreneurs from Nsiyaludzu in central Malawi. Obert (pictured on the left) was 16 years old when he dropped out of school. His family could not afford enough food, clothes and other basic necessities, so he was going to have to start doing odd bits of manual ... Read More

BLOG & STORIES19 years and counting… Today - the 10th October 2019 - marks our 19th birthday! Our fantastic founders, Phil and Wendy Wall, have reflected on all that has happened and wanted to share this message of thanks: "It may be the result of being two adults in their fifties, but we often find ourselves reminiscing and being deeply ... Read More

BLOG & STORIESStrategically Saving To Grow A Business Together with our partner, RIDE, we are currently running our Village Investors Program (VIP) in 15 communities in western Uganda. The Enjeru Tweyimukye VIP group was set up over three years ago – it now has 22 members and together they look after 76 children in their community. The group have grown their savings year-on-year and ... Read More

BLOG & STORIES“I always felt like I was in the mud but now I finally feel like I am out of it” In 2018 we met Yona, a young man who comes from a village near Balaka in the south of Malawi. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, with 70% of its population estimated to be living below ... Read More