Our oldest program, microloans provide interest-free loans to farmers and their families and continues to yield great results. We firmly believe in helping the whole village and our programs complement each other to help break inter-generational cycles of poverty.
Entrepreneurs are vital to growing local economies but access to credit is extremely difficult and expensive in rural areas. This year we provided 100 zero interest loans to farmers helping them to purchase needed supplies at the start of a particularly early rainy season ensuring their success and a good harvest for their families.
Hear directly from one of our microloan recipients, Issa Ndiaye, on how the microloan program has benefited him and his family. (Click here to watch the video in YouTube.)
“Before Andando I used to go and try to get money to prepare myself for the rainy season, sometime I was late, when it rained I didn’t have the seeds ready and in the ground. But since I have been working with Andando I have all my items ready, ready before the rains, so all my crops produce faster.”