If you are a regular reader of Good Return’s blog, then you probably remember a few updates from Anthony, who is a volunteer here in our Sydney office but who went to Nepal in December 2011. He was our first Field Ambassador, and saw first-hand our work in Nepal. He met with more than twenty women who had received microfinance loans from Good Return and our...

Like Mr Franciscus, Mr Yakobus is a founding member of the Jelayan Kaki Kuta branch of Keling Kumang, our partner in Indonsia. He has been a member for 10 years and was one of the first collectors or loan officers for Keling Kumang in the region. “When I started I walked 7-8 hours one way to the headquarters to deposit the money from our loans,” he told me....

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world. Giving a loan through Good Return is not only the most effective way to help our clients but it is also a great way to potentially help the entire country. Women make up a large part of the poorest segments of society in Nepal. This causes massive negative flow-on effects to children, the wider community, and the...

We’ve heard it all before. The developing world, they are so poor. They live in the dark. They have no other options. But is this really true? (Great article about the tag #firstworldproblems.) I’ve been travelling across some of the poorest countries in the  Asia-Pacific with Good Return and everywhere I go I see people with poor-quality light. People using...

Mr Franciscus is one of the founding members of the Jelayan Kaki Kuta branch of Keling Kumang, our partner in Indonsia. He is a rubber farmer and has been a member for 10 years, taking multiple loans in this time. Mr Franciscus told me of his two rubber plantations. “The first was a failure,” he said. Mr Franciscus was new to rubber farming and his wife became...

Jan. 30 – It’s my first day with SPBD Fiji. I was greeted warmly and had a brief chat with Rico, SPBD Fiji’s general manager. Then, Rico introduced me to Vika, the Centre Manager who I will be spending most of my time with in visiting villages where SPBD has its microfinance operations. Vika is a centre manager (CM) from our partner, South Pacific Business...