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Partner description:
VisionFund Senegal (VFS) is a microfinance institution established in July 2016 as a subsidiary of World Vision International, a Christian relief development and advocacy organization. Working together, they aim to provide the foundations for local economies to flourish in healthy and safe communities. 

A unique lending approach:
VFS uses Kiva financing to provide group loans to a rural client base that is 68% rural and 80% female, with the goal of supporting family welfare. It facilitates wholesale & retail small business loans (limited to women) as well as agriculture and artisan and handicraft loans. The organization measures success using “number of active borrowers” closely followed by “number of children impacted.” 

Repayment Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Start Date On Kiva Mar 6, 2020 Oct 12, 2005
Total Loans $1,205,390 $1,952,350,065
Amount of raised Inactive loans $0 $419,225
Number of raised Inactive loans 0 306
Amount of Paying Back Loans $340,595 $155,640,340
Number of Paying Back Loans 144 182,704
Amount of Ended Loans $864,795 $1,767,301,140
Number of Ended Loans 429 2,368,671
Delinquency Rate 17.74% 10.67%
Amount in Arrears $57,935 $10,089,741
Outstanding Portfolio $325,093 $94,566,180
Number of Loans Delinquent 32 42,944
Default Rate 0.00% 1.82%
Amount of Ended Loans Defaulted $0 $32,209,409
Number of Ended Loans Defaulted 0 84,624
Currency Exchange Loss Rate 0.00% 0.50%
Amount of Currency Exchange Loss $17,812 $11,931,838
Refund Rate 0.05% 0.54%
Amount of Refunded Loans $605 $10,472,500
Number of Refunded Loans 1 9,545

Loan Characteristics On Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Loans to Women Borrowers 93.38% 78.22%
Average Loan Size $191 $391
Average Individual Loan Size $0 $589
Average Group Loan Size $2,101 $1,889
Average number of borrowers per group 11 8.3
Average GDP per capita (PPP) in local country $2,300 $5,599
Average Loan Size / GDP per capita (PPP) 8.30% 6.99%
Average Time to Fund a Loan 30.87 days 8.92 days
Average Dollars Raised Per Day Per Loan $6.19 $43.91
  Average Loan Term 10.74 months 11.46 months

Journaling Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Total Journals 37 1,176,169
  Journaling Rate 6.40% 42.29%
  Average Number of Comments Per Journal 0.00 0.02
  Average Number of Recommendations Per Journal 0.00 0.57

Borrowing Cost Comparison (based on 2009 data)

    This Lending Partner Median for MFI's in Country All Kiva Partners
  Average Cost to Borrower N/A 23.00% PY 26.92% PY
  Profitability (return on assets) -0.78% -0.1% -3.11%
  Average Loan Size (% of per capita income) N/A 46.00% 0.00%

Country Fast Facts

Lending Partner Staff

Fatou Diagne
Simeon Manga
Abdoul Ouattara
Kaba Moïse SENGHOR