100 Euros for a better life
Microcredit projects are about more than just financial assistance. The borrowers*, mainly women, learn not only accounting, calculation, marketing, administration and organisation, but also team spirit, participatory decision-making and other skills. Our self-organised women’s groups are led and managed by a local religious sister or brother. An important principle in the allocation of loans at STARTHILFEKENIA is the formation of groups of like-minded people. The members of these communities support and vouch for each other. The repaid loans can then be given to new groups. By creating income-generating measures for women, we also want to help empower them in Kenyan society.
Start your own clothes-making business with 100 Euros
Made possible by microcredits from vision:teilen
Our mission
“Empower one woman and you support a whole village.” We take this African saying to heart. Our goal is the sustainable empowerment of disadvantaged women in African society. In doing so, we focus on promoting economic independence and sustainable self- reliance through education, training and access to capital.
100 Euros for your own boutique
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About us
Based in Düsseldorf, our team is a division of the non-profit organisation vision:teilen, a Franciscan initiative against poverty and need. In 2012 we established ourselves as a separate group within the association, and since 2013 we have supported a number of women’s groups in East Africa through microcredit. In addition to granting credit, we provide assistance to the groups in the form of training for the commercial sector, in skills such as accounting, calculation, marketing, marketing, organisation, and other relevant disciplines. Our motto is Help for Self-Help.
Start your own bakery ‐ with only 100 Euros
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Example groups
We will keep you informed here about our local groups.
Sr. Maria Francisca and Her 90 Women
Sr. Maria Francisca is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Asumbi and lives a very modest life in a small convent on Rusinga Island. She has been part of the STARTHILFEKENIA team in Kenya for many years and has helped around 150 women achieve...
Federica and 119 Other Women Have Succeeded
Federica, 37, is a member of the Rubongi Young Mothers Saving Group in Rubongi, near Tororo, Uganda. She lives in a small mud house and provides for her seven children. Thanks to her mandazi business, she has significantlyimproved her economic...
Cynthia and her support for 45 women in Uganda
Cynthia (third from the right, top row), born in 1984, is a motivated and hardworking mother. She lives in Rubongi, Uganda, where she raised her three children as a single parent. She describes herself as a team player with strong leadership skills...