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The vision of the WDB Group is to “offer real hope to the women of South Africa to enable them to build a self sustaining future.” The primary vehicle that we use to achieve this vision is by offering microcredit to rural women in order to help them out of poverty in a sustainable manner.

But why focus on women?

Throughout the world there is a growing realization of the crucial role microcredit can play in reducing poverty, particularly when women are the main recipients. Increasingly women’s contribution, as workers, entrepreneurs and managers of family and community welfare is recognized as central to the ability of households, communities and the nation to tackle the crisis of meeting people’s survival and subsistence needs.

In short, the WDB Group’s mission is to "strive to improve the livelihoods of South African women" because the economic empowerment of a woman has a far bigger impact on the family and children. This principle extends further as we have found that many clients who have started up businesses have expanded them to include their husbands, children and community members.

The three organizations comprising the WDB Group – the WDB Trust, WDB Micro Finance and WDB Investment Holdings – are interdependent and integrated in working towards promoting the economic empowerment and social upliftment of women in South Africa.

The WDB website is not only a showcase of the real impact we have made over the past 18 years, but will also tell you about our advocacy work for women’s rights; the portfolio of investments developed for the benefit of our poor rural women clients; and how you can get involved and support our efforts in improving the lives of women through sustainable poverty alleviation programmes.

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