Economic Growth Tanzania, United Republic of Project #72454

Empower Rural Tanzanian Women with Microloans

by Ngorongoro Community Network, Inc.

Project Report | Nov 9, 2026
Your Support of the Alchaniomelok Loan Women is Invaluable

By Felicia Smith | Managing Director

Women of the Alchaniomelok microloan program

Dear Team,

We hope you've been well since our last project report. We at Maasai Partners continue to be impressed by our engaged and generous supporters, and we thank you for giving us reason to keep faith in humanity. Thanks to you all, our July fundraiser was a success, raising $1,450 for the rural women of the microfinance loan program. We've managed to send $7,500 to the women in the microloan program so far in 2026, allowing us to provide 150 women with a microloan of $50 each to start or expand their small businesses. We are hoping to send more money before the end of the year. The women in the Alchaniomelok loan program continue to thrive with the help from these small loans, using them to expand their businesses and set aside savings, while learning money management skills and supporting their households and themselves.

Coming up, we have our last and largest fundraising campaign of the year, Giving Tuesday. From midnight December 1st until 12pm noon on December 2nd, every donation we receive will be proportionally matched by GlobalGiving! That 36-hour window is the best time to give and have your gift go further. Keep an eye on your inbox for reminder emails about this important event.

We thank you for helping to make success stories for these bright and driven women of rural Tanzania. We truly could not do it without you! We are looking forward to our next trip to Tanzania in February of 2027. We'll send another project report before we leave with exciting plans for our trip, and then share photos and stories from our trip after our return. We invite you to follow along with our journey on our website and on Facebook, and thank you for continuing to be an integral part of this fundraising team. Together, we make this world a better, brighter place.

With hearts full of gratitude,

Judy Lane & Felicia Smith of Maasai Partners

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The infamous locked box where loan money is kept

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