By Robyn Nietert | President
Dear Donors,
I’ve spent the past six weeks in East Africa on my annual field trip visiting loans hubs in all three countries where WMI works: Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. As I travel, I jot notes about what I see and feel to jog my memory when I report back to the WMI board upon my return. Insights garnered from my travels help the WMI board stay focused and updated on how best to meet the needs of the rural businesswomen we serve. I’m so grateful to you and all our donors who make this program possible that I want to share my notes with you as well.
2024 marks WMI’s seventeenth program year. From our original issuance of 20 loans to a group of women in rural Buyobo, Uganda, we now serve women through six geographic loan program hubs across Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. We are proud that more than 28,000 women have participated in our two-year loan/training program. We’ve loaned over $12 million USD in some 95,000 loans.
Your trust and confidence in WMI's grass-roots approach to women's economic empowerment has translated into improved living conditions for thousands of rural families in East Africa. Because the impact of WMI backed business runs so deep and wide in rural villages and because the loan program is self-sustaining once funded, the communities where we work will be forever changed as a result of your support.
Your generosity and consideration in choosing to support WMI is giving African women the chance to work their way out of poverty and stay out of poverty. Every contribution, every act of kindness, every outreach gesture is gratefully received and put to good use. Thank you!
With gratitude,
Robyn Nietert
President
By Deborah Smith | Treasurer
By Deborah Smith | WMI Board Member and Treasurer
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