Covid-19 made 2020 a difficult year for everyone. Despite these challenges, Oikocredit witnessed solidarity and demonstrated resiliency. This newsletter focusing on our financial results gives you an overview of both the cooperative's challenges and achievements in 2020. Most importantly, you can read about how Oikocredit further supported its partners that are making a difference in the lives of low-income communities: those hit hardest by the pandemic.

For an in-depth look at our financial results, read our Annual Report 2020. For key highlights, check out the press release. You can also get a financial expert’s point of view by reading the interview with Oikocredit’s Director of Finance & Risk, Mirjam 't Lam. In addition, we offer our quarterly report which helps tell the story behind our facts and figures for the fourth quarter of 2020.

Announcing financial results is not the only thing we’re talking about, this year we extended International Women’s Day and spent the month of March highlighting women at Oikocredit who help empower women. And Christina Alff, from Oikocredit Support Association Baden-Würrttemberg, offers her expertise on gender equality in the blog below.