"I want to fulfill the dreams of my children at any cost," says Noyontara Biswas, a mother of three in Bangladesh. "It would not have been possible for me without the income I have from cow rearing by means of the loans."

A Holistic Approach

Micro is one thread of World Vision's pattern

Small loans by themselves are not enough to end global poverty. But when these small loans are interwoven with other poverty-fighting efforts like clean water, health, and education, the result is a world-class approach to community development. That is what makes World Vision's Micro so unique and praised among community development experts.

A world-class approach

Sustainable access to life's basics

World Vision works to create self-sustaining solutions for the entire community:

• Clean water keeps children and adults healthy
• Nutritious food helps kids grow and thrive
• Health care saves lives
• Education lifts entire families out of poverty
• Your loan helps create jobs and secure futures

Long-term commitment of 12-18 years

Ongoing funding sources such as child sponsorship and government grants ensure World Vision stays in a community for years, helping local leaders take ownership of the projects.

Local staff provide local solutions to poverty

World Vision has more than 30,000 staff in nearly 100 countries — and 95% work in their home regions.

Diverse funding increases your loan's impact

After being in a community for several years, World Vision's multiple threads of funding create an ever-strengthening, poverty-fighting infrastructure. Here's how that might look in any given community where World Vision works:

• Your loan has started a small business and stimulated the economy
• U.S. government grants support local health staff capacity development and advocacy for better health services to address HIV/AIDS
• Medicines donated by a corporations stock the local health clinic
• Churches from the U.S. have banded together to build clean water wells
• Child sponsors help ensure schoolchildren have the books they need

Hope motivated by unconditional love

Spurred on by a desire to reflect God's love for all people, World Vision's reach extends to everyone, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.