Many of the world's poor have the entrepreneurial spirit. They work hard and have clever ideas. They are not lazy. They just have not been given a chance to live their dreams.

World Vision wants to transform the lives of the chronically poor.

By offering basic business training and small loans we aim to build people's capacity to solve their own problems and support themselves and their families. This is about nurturing tiny enterprises and creating gainful work and improving income security. By providing a small amount of loan capital and business expertise VisionFund realises the full potential of these entrepreneurs and encourages others to be entrepreneurial. It unleashes the entrepreneurial spirit in the poor themselves.

World Vision has been involved in micro-lending as a concept since 1980's and formally since 1993.

VisionFund has been created by World Vision to formalise its microfinance services for the entrepreneurial poor, and to raise donations for its microfinance programmes. Throughout the World Vision partnership, VisionFund has a portfolio of US$397 million with more than 604,000 clients in 47 countries with a loan repayment rate of 98%. Click here to donate.

It does work!

Now, World Vision New Zealand has partnered with VisionFund Mongolia to help people like Tuya Dartang, who has a small market garden.

To be part of VisionFund contact Rupert Ross on 0800 800 776 or email Rupert.Ross@worldvision.org.nz

It's not easy to start up your own business. Here in New Zealand we have a great infrastructure, accessible capital and business development loans, years of business tradition and a wide knowledge base. All these Mongolian entrepreneurs want is a chance to work their way out of poverty, and you can enable them.