From Poverty. To Possibility.
Microfinancing and loans are the key to ending poverty worldwide. They allow for people to have freedom of choice to decide their future with dignity, hope, and a way to a better life that is sustainable.
Working Together Works
MPA is working with organizations in Africa in five categories of microfinancing programming: Financial Loan Program, Cow Living Loan Program, Clean Water Program, Education Program, and Safe Woman Program. At the center of each of these programs is the opportunity for a hand up from poverty to possibility available to all no matter their race or religion.
The goal of our programs is to reduce poverty and increase economic development in Africa through access to financial resources.
Water filters provided through our water program
Post-fistula women have started a income project
Original cows as living loans in our cow program
Loan program participants reported increased savings
Students have stayed in school due to scholarships
What We Do
Loans Program
MPA supports individual income projects, group projects, savings and credit unions.
Cow Program
Living loans of cows to subsistence farmers who have successfully trained and …
Clean Water
Small loans or pay-it-forward commitments offer access to a filter-plus-bucket …
Health Program
For post-fistula women we have piglet income projects and alternative income …
Education Program
MPA offers scholarships through partners with schools. This empowers them to extend …
Microfinance Is More Than a Loan
Microfinance programs come in all forms. A “dollars-and-cents” financial loan structure is the foundation. MPA also applies the principles of microfinancing to program (cows, water, health, education). Each of our programs requires that members save or invest in some way; clearly communicate the terms by which the loan will be repaid or paid forward; train and support members to navigate the inevitable obstacles; and ultimately empower communities to implement economic solutions at the grassroots level.
- Key #1: Applying microfinance principles across our programs.
- Key #2: Partnering with grassroots programs to achieve the mission.
Our Heroes
Mushasha Community
The Mushasha community recently received a borehole, providing them with access to clean water. This …
Kintu Saifi
Kintu, a resident of Buwunga sub-county in Masaka district, has been a beneficiary of the Cow …
Cynthia – Shalom
Cynthia Mamvura of Marondera, Zimbabwe, and her little sister came to the Abbot Francis Pfanner …
Margaret Wanjiru
Margaret Wanjiru, moved to Kamulu, Kenya in 2014 after her husband built a permanent home for their …