Bulambuli women meet to hear about WMI's loans

The women of the Bulambuli Widow's Association were seledcted as the first borrower's in the WMI credit program. WMI board members traveled to Uganda in Jan. 2008 to meet the women. Dressed in their best outfits, they held a day long meeting and listened intently to all of the loan program details.

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1,000 Microloans for Rural Women in East Africa

Uganda Microfinance

Self-sustaining micro finance initiative issuing collateral-free, interest-bearing loans, for as little as $50, to poor women in rural East Africa to start businesses to support their families. The borrowers' priorities for the use of their profits are: better nutrition, healthcare and paying school fees for their children. WMI provides outreach in all of these areas by empowering women with options to provide better care for their families.

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