VisionFund Guatemala: 60 Decibels Follow-Up Survey 2022

 With generous donations from our supporters, VisionFund continues to work with 60 Decibels to understand the changes experienced by our clients, and the role of VisionFund in making those changes happen. Most recently we have the results of the second of two surveys of the same sample of clients of VisionFund Guatemala who received a loan through the Recovery Lending for Resilience programme funded through World Vision US. The initial and follow-up surveys were about 12 months apart (Jan-May 2021 and then Feb-Jun 2022), enabling us to understand the changes that clients have experienced since taking the recovery loan. The recovery loan was offered to clients whose businesses had been forced to close because of lockdowns and other restrictions, or as this survey shows, forced a significant proportion of clients to move to new business sectors. Therefore, the backdrop to these results is one of strife, fear, and threats of worse to come: we all remember the pervasive uncertainty and worry of throughout the COVID panic.