Village Phone Salon

A Village Phone Salon (VPS) provides the following services. It is a place where,

•    customers make local and international calls
•    customers can hear about health, civic news and national news (IVR news network,
     explained at the end of document)
•    customers buy prepaid telephone cards
•    small business owners send information to their distributors
•    customers receive news from friends and family through a village telephone operator
     (community telephone number)
•    customers charge their mobile phone batteries

This website is dedicated to the VPS Nabuur group's efforts in setting up five women's micro-financing business co-ops in Kenya, Cameroon, Rwanda, and Uganda. You can read their blogs, leave comments, offer helpful information, or partake in discussion.

If you are interested in forming your own VPS and would like to join this collaboration, please contact our project leader, Lia Hadley (cbsmkenya (at) gmail (dot) com).