WIL-Funded
VILLAGE BANKS
DCBS
India
2017
Dhosa Chandaneswar Bratyajan Samity (DCBS) is a micro finance institution (MFI) operating in the Indian states of West Bengal & Bihar since 2003. DCBS is committed to providing access to loans to marginalized people living in undeserved areas of rural India.
Funded in memory of Andrea Brod.
Friendship Bridge and Las Campesinas Village Bank
Agraria la Campesina, Guatemala
2015
Friendship Bridge works primarily with indigenous Guatemalan women in rural areas where the rate of poverty in Guatemala is the highest. While illiteracy and poverty rates are staggering in these regions, the women we work with are determined to create a change.
Funded in memory of Bobbi Gohn.
CARD
Philippines
2014
Center for Agriculture and Rural Development. With landless women as target clients in mind, CARD MRI first offered microloans for small-scale livelihood activities, education, health and agriculture through CARD, Inc. After several years of training and educating these women on how to manage their loans, they evolve into businesswomen who are now in need of formal banking system.







