Microfinance updates
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Programme update
Visiting members where they do business
MASYAP visits members’ business premises to check conditions and offer practical guidance.
Programme update
Visiting members’ businesses, August 2024
The microfinance team visited members running businesses to check progress and help solve problems.
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Small loans, big impact: our microfinance programme
How MASYAP’s small loans help vulnerable women and young mothers feed their families, start businesses and stay healthy.
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Visiting women and young mothers in business
Follow-up visits show how members run their businesses and what challenges they face, so MASYAP can help them grow.
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Microfinance visits to seven groups: growing businesses
May visits found members expanding their businesses and supporting their families, and identified where more help is needed.
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Microfinance training for vulnerable women and young mothers
Business and loan management training helped participants make better financial decisions, and several have started or grown businesses since.
Programme updateTracking how loans are used
Follow-up visits check how members use their loans and how they feel about saving, so MASYAP can prevent business failure and plan better.
Programme updateHelping members’ businesses thrive, not just survive
Follow-up sessions let each member share how her business is run, discuss challenges and find solutions together.
Programme updateTraining before every loan
Before each round of loans, members are trained in business management, saving and debt management so they can save and repay without difficulty.
Programme updateFollow-up visits after every loan
After every round of loans, MASYAP visits members to check on their businesses and talk through challenges, so they can manage well and repay.
Programme updateNew loans for 149 women and 21 young mothers
After training in bookkeeping, debt, saving and business management, 170 members received microfinance loans.
Programme updateBusiness visits in Kameza and Bangwe Mvula
Follow-up visits checked on members’ businesses and gave extra support where it was needed.