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Women’s Knowledge Digital Library

Women’s Microfinance Initiative

WMI believes that increasing financial inclusion and teaching financial literacy empowers poor women to take control of their livelihoods and their lives.

Description

The mission of Women’s Microfinance Initiative (WMI) is to establish village-level loan hubs, administered by and for local women, to provide capital, training and support services to rural women in the lowest income brackets in East Africa so that they can engage in income-producing activities and use their business profits to improve household living conditions for themselves and their families.

Source

https://wmionline.org

Language

English

Collections

Economic Empowerment, Poverty, and Development Collection, Funding and Philanthropy Collection

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