World Relief Canada

Published purpose

World Relief Canada's (WRC) Partnering for Microfinance Development and Impact Program focuses on microfinance, a sub-sector of private sector development. By providing microfinance services to the poor, predominantly women, the program aims to improve the livelihoods for them and their families and to strengthen the capacity of microfinance institutions to provide sustainable financial services in rural areas and urban slums. The main objectives of the Program are: (1) developing three sustainable microfinance institutions that provide access to micro-lending services to the poor in Bangladesh, Burundi, and Liberia; and (2) expanding new savings-led microfinance efforts through two local non-governmental organizations in Burundi and Kenya.