 
Contact Address:
Village Savings & Credit
Association of Gambia
Visaca Promotion Centre (VPC)
Latrikunda
(Brikama Highway)
PO Box 2338, Serrekunda
West Coast Region
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel no: 4373012 / 5678000 
Fax: 4390969 / 5678004
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Information:
The VISACA is the official micro-finance organisation
that represents the network of smaller financial institutions
throughout the Gambia. The grassroots body was founded
in 1988 by French (CIDR) International Centre for Development
& Research & by a German development bank (Kreditanstalt
Fuer Wiederanfbau - KfW).
The project's aim is to encourage autonomous, financial
associations at the village level in order to funnel
cash savings at enterprise loans for villages under
their own local area; with the ultimate with the object
of increasing income levels of communities to improve
their standard of living. The promotion centre for VISACAs
also aims to extend the network of VISACA's microfinancing
schemes in partnership with other organizations and
to strengthen their development.
Local Community Areas of Operation:
The Visaca Promotion Centre works with people in the
Central River Region (CRR), Western Region (WR, North
Bank Region (NBR), Lower River Region (LRR) & Upper
River Region (URR).
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