Dorcus Alum wants to improve her financial footing to provide a better life for her son, Aondohemba. But with no formalized education, she has no way to qualify for a loan.
Unlock Financial Freedom for Women Through Micro-Loans
Help women business owners in Africa build financial readiness and credit through our Micro-Loan Impact Fund.
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Give women the financing they need to grow their businesses, helping them achieve financial independence for the very first time.
Your donation funds a micro-loan for a woman entrepreneur in Nigeria, which she’ll use to buy a solar-powered water pump to increase her harvest and income.
- $50 = 1 share of a loan
- $263 = half of a loan
- $525 = 1 loan
- $1,050 = 2 loans
Give women the financing they need to grow their businesses, helping them achieve financial independence for the very first time.
Your donation funds a micro-loan for a woman entrepreneur in Nigeria, which she’ll use to buy a solar-powered water pump to increase her harvest and income.
- $50 = 1 share of a loan
- $263 = half of a loan
- $525 = 1 loan
- $1,050 = 2 loans
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Women face countless barriers to financial access — maybe they can’t sign their name, maybe they don’t have collateral or can’t prove their income. This makes opening a bank account — let alone acquiring a loan — challenging if not impossible.
But when you give to the Micro-Loan Impact Fund, you break down these barriers, giving women in Africa the opportunity to gain financial independence for the first time.
- The Micro-Loan Impact Fund provides loans to women entrepreneurs in the Naija Unlock program in Nigeria.
- 100% of donations to the Micro-Loan Impact Fund go toward loans for project members.
- Once a loan has been repaid, it is lent out again to another farmer, creating a domino effect.
100%
of your donation goes to supporting women entrepreneurs
98%
of Nigerian women do not have access to formal credit
740 million
women globally do not have access to a bank
73%
of women in Nigeria experience severe food insecurity
Meet the Business Owners
Akanbi Ashiata is a successful tomato farmer who dreams of growing her farm. She needs inputs such as seeds and fertilizer to do so, but no formal bank will lend to her.
Rofiat Ibrahim lives on an island with limited access to financial services, making it hard to grow her business. But she knows what she needs to succeed. She’s ready to put her plan into action.
How The Micro-Loan Impact Fund Works
Step 1
You donate to the Micro-Loan Impact Fund. A farmer receives financial training and a loan, which she uses to increase her farm’s production.
Step 2
After harvest, the farmer repays the loan, building credit and gaining financial access. As her business grows, so does her income.
Step 3
Your gift returns to the fund to become another loan, repeating the cycle and helping another woman achieve the same success!
She Benefits – And So Do You
- Borrowers are protected and receive training in farming and financial literacy.
- Women use the $525 loans to buy solar-powered water pumps, bringing dependable irrigation to their fields.
- The loan repayment schedule is customized to the farmer and the loan is repaid after harvest.
- Through the loan, a farmer establishes her credit and becomes bankable.
- Your donation becomes a gift that keeps on giving – when the initial loan is repaid, it’s lent out to help another person.
- You receive impact reports about how your gift has changed lives.
- Your charitable donation is tax deductible.