When she can build her business, she lifts herself out of poverty, educates her children, creates jobs for her neighbors, and transforms her community. And her work doesn’t stop there – what she does today will impact generations to come.

Our groups are made up of women and men with ambitious dreams for their futures who need an opportunity to thrive. We provide these entrepreneurs with access to loans, savings, insurance, and training tools that empower them to work their way out of poverty. This is a hand-up, not a handout.

 We work to empower our peer group members to raise their living standards by establishing their own small business enterprises. Through microfinance (lending and financial management), Walking with Africans (WAF) has been cultivating a culture of savings and financial independence in some  of the poorest and semi-arid regions of Kenya and Malawi.