Fund a Loan
Amsha Africa Foundation works with entrepreneurs, self-help groups, and micro finance institutions to provide capacity building which incompasses technical assistance, awareness raising, risk-assessment, and organizational development.
We pool the generosity of people like you to provide carefully chosen entrepreneurs in the poorest parts of Kenya with small loans. The loans help these hardworking but impoverished individuals and self help groups build retail, manufacturing, farming, or other businesses. If you've heard of microfinance, that's what this is: small loans that can have a very big (and lasting) impact in the life of entrepreneurs, their family, and their community.
When you fund a loan, your money is wired to our appropriate loan officer who disburses the loan to the entrepreneur in need. They also receive the loan repayments and provide you with updates. You'll watch as the life of an entrepreneur (and hopefully yours too) is transformed.
Why Fund a Loan?
The world of finance isn't kind (and is often nonexistent) to those living in poverty. Most poor entrepreneurs, while struggling to build a business, don't have access to credit or financial services. Some don't have the means necessary to get started, and for many, many more, they simply have no place to go other than a loan shark. The financial infrastructure we take for granted in the western world sadly doesn't exist for the hardworking poor in developing countries. That's why your loans are so vital.
We will be listing the profiles of the entrepreneurs in need of loans in this website for funding. You will be able to choose the entrepreneurs your funds will be going to and you will be updated on how your funds are helping the business you funded.
When the loan gets paid in full, it is recycled to another entrepreneur. Imagine, your original donation being paid back and then going to work to fund another loan. You're improving not only the lives of your original recipient and their family, but also the lives of the next, and the next, and the next; thus the impact within the community is compounded.
We currently have a number of entepreneurs that we support, below is a sample.
Mwasima Mbuwa Self Help Group
Project: Water and Sanitation Project
Project Summary:
Project is aimed at constructing 2 boreholes and build 10,000 gallon water tanks to store the water pumped from these wells. In addition, this project is also going to construct water harvesting systems such as rooftop water systems which involve three primary components: catchment, conveyance, and a collection device. The catchment will be the slanted corrugated iron sheet roof top. The conveyance instruments will be the gutters that transport the rainwater into the collection device. The rainwater is then stored in the collection device until its use.
Greenline Conservers
Project (Click on link):Land Degradation/Gullies Rehabilitation and Hill Slope Stabilization
Project Summary:
The proposed project aims to promote restoration of natural resources (soil and water) to revamp Agricultural activities hence poverty reduction in the focus area. The main purpose of the project is to demonstrate the effectiveness of advocacy and awareness rising in environmental management using Vetiver Systems (VS) as part of the solution in perennial challenges of soil and water conservation in the Division.
Mseto Community Self-Help Group
Project (Click on link): Agro-Herbal Integrated Processing Plant
Project Summary: Jemacroda Herbals & Alternative Medicare is a legal herbal practicing entity owned by Joseph Mwamburi Mulombi of MlambenyiVillage, Modambogho Sub-location, Mwatate Location in Mwatate District. The herbal practice was initiated by the need to provide an affordable range of medicines and remedies for the majority poor in Taita. Persistent hunger and unending poverty within the society makes this health management programme important. The proposedcommunity initiated herbal processing project would not only provide income for the active players but also improve the health and welfare of the community at large.
Dominion Central Links for Development
Project (Click on link): Community Empowerment and Resource Mobilization through Media-Mwanedu FM
Project Summary:
Dominion Central links for Development shall use its radio as a tool to speak to different communities in Coast Province. One of the advantages the radio has is the independence over its programme content. The programmes shall feature human rights abuses, impunity and government's apathy towards its citizenry. The radio station also intends to fully educate the communities on harmonious co-existence and ways to avoid another post election violence in 2012. There is great need to empower the youth so that they can prepare for leadership in the years ahead as they are not polluted with elements of tribalism and nepotism as the older generation who have continued clinging to power with or without the peoples' consent.
The radio station runs programs on human rights, good governance and accountable leadership. Opinion leaders of the communities and professionals are invited as guests to discuss important community issues. There is always a duty bearer in every program to bear responsibilities. There are also programs on land rights as has suffered historical land injustices.
Virtual Reality Systems -Kenya
Project (Click on link): Virtual Reality Systems
Project Summary:
VRS is working to provide services in all facets of ICT; be it in repair, servicing or maintaining of computers and peripherals or in programming, training or networking. Also web site design and development, intranet and internet maintenance. VRS also works to provide services in the area of mineral surveys and mining, site appraisals and price evaluation of economic minerals found in the country.
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Please contact us for more information. We can even match you up with an entepreneur that is not yet featured on our website, based on your preferences.
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