Light Workers

Perpetual Light Fund Winner 150

Kuna Aty Group, of Paraguay, Winner of the $50 Microenterprise Fund (November 2017)

This Light Award is sponsored by Great Mind Power Books and processed through Kiva.org.

Kuna Aty Group's Story

This loan is special because:

This loan is part of the innovative “Poverty Stoplight” program developed by Fundación Paraguaya for women living in poverty. A “stoplight” measurement tool is used to help borrowers self-identify the type of poverty that affects them most (lack of income, dearth of financial opportunities, poor living conditions etc.). Borrowers rate 50 areas of their life as green (not poor), yellow (poor) or red (extremely poor). Together with their loan officer, they come up with a plan to resolve yellow and red indicators. Through this program, Fundación Paraguaya hopes to lift 9,000 women and their families out of poverty by 2017.