Criteria for Approval of Requests

1. Is the business owned and run by a woman?

2. Are women employed in the enterprise?

3. If the business is already in existence, does it share and exercise the values of Women Ventures International?

4. Alternatively, does it undertake to exercise the values of Women Ventures International?

5. Does the service to be offered by the client respond to an accepted societal need?

6. Is the business financially viable?

7. Does the client accept the lending conditions of Women Ventures International including the moratorium period, interest charged, schedule of payment, and insurance payment?

8. Does the client accept to attend a small business seminar to be facilitated by Women Ventures International payable upon approval of loan request by the client?

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