Lend with Care

Lendwithcare is a revolutionary way to help some of the world’s poorest people work their way out of poverty with dignity. Lendwithcare allows you to lend as little as £15 to fund a small business and once your money is repaid you can choose to recycle your loan to support another poor entrepreneur, or withdraw your money. Lendwithcare is currently working in ten countries. 

See how Lendwithcare works here.

Stroud Rotary joined in 2016

Number of loans 50 as at Nov 2025

Numbers completed £3315

Example

Junjira is a 34-year-old married woman living in a small suburban community in Surin province, Thailand. Her family includes her husband, elderly parents, and two children aged 10 and 2.

To support her family, Junjira runs a small mobile Thai food stall, while her husband works on a rubber tree farm. Her father is a civil servant, and her mother runs a small retail business.

Around four years ago, Junjira established her mobile food stall, selling takeaway Thai dishes, including grilled chicken, packed in plastic bags. She learned the business from her mother-in-law, who has decades of experience in retail. Every morning, Junjira buys fresh ingredients from the market, sets up her stall, and travels through nearby villages to sell her food until late afternoon.

Due to growing popularity, Junjira has received increasing customer requests to produce more food and expand her menu. She applied for a loan to purchase ingredients such as vegetables, pork, chicken, seasonings, and condiments, as well as cooking utensils, food packaging, and materials to upgrade her stall. This investment will allow her to increase production, expand her menu, earn more income, and move closer to her goal of opening a home-based cooked-to-order restaurant.