Microfinance Volunteer Program

Microfinance Program

The innovation of microfinance has enabled low-income individuals, who are usually excluded from the traditional banking system, to obtain microloans to develop microenterprises and build savings. The microfinance project aims to contribute to sustainable economic development by providing local individuals, groups, and communities with the proper skills training and micro-loans to grow their businesses, create new jobs, and help break the cycle of poverty and hunger. This project seeks to unlock the potential of microfinance services and tools as mechanisms for helping the rural poor in Uganda leap over insurmountable hurdles that have been hindering them from achieving their dreams of a sustainable livelihood. This is where you come in!

What will I be doing?

• As a Micro-Finance Volunteer, you will work directly with the rural communities to provide technical support and training to small local businesses (Small and Medium Enterprise – SME) and help entrepreneurs to secure their means of livelihood and develop a sustainable future for themselves. These enterprises include craft market vendors, pig and poultry farming, soap making, baking goods, local tourist guides, fruit sellers, horticulture initiatives, and community associations.
• You will perform tasks such as helping to develop business plans, developing marketing strategies, conducting workshops, providing business guidance and support, and more.
• You will help to establish facilities for credit, such as the Village Saving and Lending Association (VSLA), in order to enable underdeveloped and poor communities to expand.

• Volunteers will perform tasks such as reading though business plans, developing marketing strategies, conducting workshops, providing business guidance and support, and more.