MicroFund for Women (MFW) started as a Save the Children lending program in 1994 and was registered as a local non profit company under the Ministry of Trade in 1999. MFW aims to harness the productive capacity of microentrepreneurs in Jordan, especially women, by providing them with financial and non-financial services. Its work contributes to the empowerment of underprivileged women as they become income earners and decision-makers in their communities and to reduce unemployment by enhancing economic opportunities and providing support to entrepreneurial enterprises.