Global Fund for Widows is proud to introduce the WISALA (Widows’ Savings and Loan Associations), bringing innovative community banking solutions to the world’s most marginalized: widows. With the development of WISALAs, widows can gain access to capital, savings, and move towards building credit.

Global Fund for Widows is proud to introduce the WISALA (Widows’ Savings and Loan Associations), bringing innovative community banking solutions to the world’s most marginalized: widows.

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WISALA (Widows’ Savings and Loan Associaton) is an innovatve micro-bank model created to serve widows. The WISALAs provide a permanent and sustainable source of capital that allows widows and their children to rise from poverty and improve their …

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Through the WISALAs, these women have opened businesses, and with this programmatic intervention by GFW, we are contributing towards the achievement the Sustainable Development Goals of No Poverty (Goal 1), Good Health and Well-Being (Goal 3), Quality Education (Goal 4), and Decent Work and Economic Growth (Goal 8).

The WISALA, created specifically to offer financial access to widows and female heads of households, allows previously unbanked widows to enter into group savings and loan associations.

Global Fund for Widows (GFW) empowers widows and female heads of households to overcome poverty in developing countries through skills-based training, micro-finance, and the establishment of Widows’ Savings and Loan Associations (WISALA).

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What is a WISALA? The GFW has implemented the Widows Savings and Loans Association (WISALA) in order to meet the financial needs of widows and support a...