Mercy Banda
Mercy Banda is 25 years old and lives in a poor settlement near Nkhotakota, a trading station on the shores of Lake Malawi. Like most people in the village, Mercy had no schooling to speak of ...
Success Stories
Maretha’s maize
Maretha Steven is the secretary of the Alinafe group in Tchawale, Malawi, a MicroLoan group of three local female business owners. She has five children under the age of 21 and is newly married to a ...
Loveness
Many women who live in the rural villages of Africa have little hope for the future because of poor living conditions and prospects. Over the past 15 years, we have helped over 150,000 women, and more...
See where Enala Banda from the BBC Lifeline appeal is now
When Deborah Meaden met Enala in 2015, she had received two loans from MicroLoan Foundation and had managed to set up a small business selling tomatoes and fish. Enala spoke of the dramatic change the...
Christabel Mwansa Muntunga, Kafue, Zambia
My name is Christabel Mwansa Muntunga. I’m 46 and a widow. I’m the treasurer for Tiyeseko woman credit group in Kafue, Zambia. Tiyeseko means ‘We Are Trying’. I’m a mother of four ...
Mwiya Namwaka, Zambia
Meet Mwiya Namwaka, she is 37 years old and belongs to the Twikatane women’s group, Zambia. Twikatane means “let’s work together”. Mwiya lives with her husband and three children in a rented ...