Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Headquarters in Kasungu, Malawi

The MicroLoan Foundation's head office is in Kasungu.  I have pictured the office below.  There are three regional offices, Mzuzu in the north, Lilongwe in the center, and Blantyre in the south.  There are then 21 branches that serve impoverished women across this area.  Each branch is comprised of a Branch Manager and one or more Loan Officers.




Located at the MLF Headquarters in Kasungu is their newly built training center.  The training center serves many purposes, but is mainly used for sewing training.  One thing that shocked me when I was talking to some of the staff about how similar they were to something I have seen before, is that MicroLoan Foundation is now serving one of their clients, Dsenyo, who the Medway Microfinance Club used to place orders with for fundraising purposes!  Another small world.  They all know the owner and founder, Marissa Perry-Saints who has I have been in contact with.  In fact we last saw one another at the Fair Trade Futures Conference in Boston, MA.  Check out her website! Dsenyo Website


Women at the Kasungu Training Center in sewing class.

Woman with baby assembling a purse to sell and make a profit!

Assembled products for Dsenyo!

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