Members of Kenya’s Massai community live hours away from the nearest traditional banks and have little money to pay for travel.
And at traditional banks, customers often find the bank charges so many fees that instead of earning any interest, they may actually lose money. It is a disincentive to save.
We've offered them another option.
For many long years, Angelo worked in the Nairobi Industrial Area as a laborer, away from his wife Elas and three pre-teen children—one in seventh grade and twins in third grade. He’d send a small amount of money home to help his family, but it wasn’t enough.
At home, a small plot of land in the village of Magacha, finances were tight. Elas had a small kiosk at market where she sold a few items just to help her family survive.
