KASHF Foundation

Mission

To provide cost effective and quality microfinance services to poor women, by adding value to women’s existing economic opportunities in order to enhance their role in economic and social decision-making. At the same time Kashf aims to lead to a sustained improvement in clients’ incomes in order to enable them to move beyond the poverty trap.

Programs

We advance microcredit for income generation and consumption purposes to low income households. We also provide business capital to small and medium enterprises. We are currently piloting the home improvement loan aimed for people who need money for small repairs/improvements to their households. All of our loans are insured i.e. in the event of a client or her bread winner's death, the loan is written off hence we also provide microinsurance.

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Create Economic Opportunities for Pakistani Women

Medical Care and Provisions to Earthquake Victims

Shelter for Victims of South Asian Earthquake

Personnel Overview

Roshaneh Zafar - Managing Director
A graduate of Yale and Wharton, she began her career at the World Bank. She left the World Bank in 1994 to work with poor women in her native Pakistan. In 1996, inspired by the Grameen Bank, Ms. Zafar founded the Kashf Foundation to provide small loans to poor women in Pakistan. She believes that microfinance can be an effective tool in fighting poverty, and an avenue of empowerment for women.

Personnel Statistics

Roshaneh Zafar,
Founder
Founded in 1996
Employees: 1102
Volunteers: 0

Financial Statistics

Budget (2006): $ 7,750,000
Budget (2005): $ 2,000,000
Maximum Budget: $ 7,750,000
Overhead: 24 %
Other funding sources: Donations/subsidized and commercial Loans
Religious Affiliation: No