Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) –a type of a community-based micro-finance concept that are becoming increasingly popular in rural communities in Africa and other parts of the world where access to banks is limited. These groups mobilise community members to cumulatively save money and provide loans to its members, which are repaid at an interest agreed to by the group.
On this year’s Day of the African Child, we reflect the impact of Worls Vision’s Child Friendly Spaces on children. We appreciate the role that such centres have played in providing a platform for children to improve their literacy skills, engage with their peers among other things.
February 2019– When Hawa gave birth to her sixth child, Huda, the baby was well, the typical bouncing baby girl so to speak! But when Huda turned 10 months old, Hawa noticed that her baby’s health was beginning to deteriorate, so was her own health. At that time, she was also pregnant with her seventh child.