A widow (70), resident of Igula Village in Iringa Rural District, Iringa Region, and is one of beneficiaries of Mama Bahati Foundation (MBF) micro-finance loans, stands in front of her house with her two orphans yesterday. The mother of orphans died some time back but their father is bedridden. On the extreme right, is the MBF Social Performance and Training Manager, John Chasency. (Photo: COURTESY OF MBF)
The Mama Bahati Foundation (MBF) in collaboration with the Five Talents UK, has disbursed microfinance loans worth five billion shillings (5bn/-) to more than ten thousand women both in rural and urban of Iringa Region since the start of the foundation in 2007.
The MBF Social Performance and Training Manager, John Chasency told the Guardian yesterday that the project is a Christian microfinance institution (credit led), which is aimed at empowering women in rural areas because they are dynamic and entrepreneurial in real life.