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HK$23,400 (US$3,000) to provide the loan capital for a community bank of 20 to 30 people in Cambodia.
Why donate?
- VisionFund provides a sustainable solution to poverty
- A hand up not a hand out — restoring dignity to the enterprising poor
- World Vision works with the enterprising rural poor, providing financial services alongside our other developmental work in an integrated way
VisionFund benefits children
- Children enjoy better health
In Ethiopia, a study headed by John Hopkins of VisionFund found that children of female clients were significantly less likely to be malnourished, were more successful maintaining healthy diets and were less likely to need food aid compared to non-clients. - Children get better education
A World Vision study found that more children and young people are now enroled in school. They attend school regularly and perform better academically than before their families had access to credit. - Children are cared for and protected
A study in rural India found that constraints on household credit resulted in an increase in child labour and household chores, while adequate access to credit resulted in an increase in the time children spent at school and play.
VisionFund empowers women and benefits families
- Women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours, produce half of the world’s food, but earn only 10 percent of the world’s income and own less than one percent of the world’s property.
- 68% of loan clients are women. Studies found that when women hold assets or gain incomes, family money is more likely to be spent on nutrition, medicine, and housing, and consequently children are healthier.
- Studies suggest that women contribute decisively to the well-being of their families; therefore, investing in women brings about a multiplier effect.
