To improve the standard of living and quality of life of the poor in Malawi through the provision of credit and training to enable them to establish and run viable businesses and through the promotion of microfinance services. World Vision Malawi registered the Finance Trust for the Self employed in September 2000 under the Trust Act of 1962, as parallel organisation to carry out best practise microenterprise development activities within its area development programs and beyond in Malawi. The main challenge has been slow growth due to limited resources. Description from Mixmarket.