Media Coverage

2024

Baii Swimwear, an international swimwear company headquartered in Australia, promoted WMI and its outreach to village women during International Women's Month. (Video)

2023

WMI trainers travel to Samubu, Kenya at the invitation of the Sarara Foundation to empower 37 amazing Milk Mamas with business skills training. (Video)

milk mamas pose for WMI and sarara partnership

2022

WMI celebrates 15 years of service to rural women in East Africa. (YouTube)
Through 15 years of service to rural women, WMI has had a profound impact on their lives, their families, and their communities. (3:01)

2021

Flourishing Conversations sponsored by BECO interviews (Video Interview)
WMI President, Robyn Nietert on WMI's long history of successfully launching women entrepreneurs in rural East Africa.

One in an Army fan collective supports WMI at the summer concert of the Korean pop band BTS (PDF)

robyn nietart with east african microfinance women

Archives

2020 - WMI President Honors WMI's Rural Businesswomen (YouTube)
WMI president honors the businesswomen graduating from the loan program at the annual community celebration in Buyobo and encourages a cheering crowd with her speech. (6:09)

2020 - How WMI Borrowers Generate Income (YouTube)
See how WMI members start a variety of creative businesses to generate income. (5:26)

2020 - CFC - Rural African Women Gain Income and Dignity (CFC)

2020 - LEWA Wildlife Conservancy Partners with WMI (LWC)

2019 - Harvesting Bogoyas (YouTube)
Not for the faint of heart, climbing trees to harvest bogoyas is a tough business. (1:09)

2019 - Dealing with Defaulters (YouTube)
To maintain the trust of members, it is crucial for a rural loan program to follow up immediately with defaulters. Join the ladies as they organize to confront a defaulter in her home and negotiate a repayment plan. (2:32)

2019 - Kellog Institute for International Studies at Notre dame Supports WMI Internship Program

2019 - Women In the World Recognizes WMI (Women in the World)

2018 - Elephant Orphans Create Opportunities for Rural Samburu Women (YouTube)
WMI is helping to create job opportunities for Samburu women in Northern Kenya. (0:31)

2018 - Borrowers Boosting Bogoyas (YouTube)
Rural women turn buying and selling bananas into big businesses. (3:22)

Dining For Women Selects WMI for $75,000 Sustaining Grant (Dining For Women)

2017 - Clean Water for Buyobo (YouTube)
The recently completed Buyobo water restoration project shows the vital importance of clean water to the community and the difficulty of managing water systems in rural villages. (5:37)

Human Rights Defender: Women's Microfinance Initiative (The Carter Center)

How Microfinance Reduces Gender Inequality (The Conversation)

The Onion Queen of Buteza (Global Giving)

WMI Partners with ALAILELAI MAASAI SUSTAINABILITY ORGANIZATION in Tanzania (AMSO Tanzania)

Bullis School Creates a Video on WMI's Impact on Reducing Poverty (YouTube)

WMI sited as one of the country's best run programs by Uganda's Minister of Microfinance (Daily Monitor)

Olive Wolimbwa, WMI Local Director, on how WMI has impacted her family (YouTube)

New video of 2011 loan program graduation ceremony in Buyobo (YouTube)

New video of Whitman High School Summer 2010 internship with WMI in Buyobo, Uganda (YouTube)

New slide show of WMI's 2011 trip to Uganda and loan program graduation ceremony (PDF)

Slide show of WMI's fall project in Uganda/Kenya (PDF)

Bethesda Magazine profile of Robyn Nietert and WMI (Bethesda Magazine)