Entrepreneur Deborah Meaden ventures out of Dragons' Den to make an appeal on behalf of the MicroLoan Foundation, a charity that helps women in Malawi and Zambia to escape from desperate poverty by providing small loans and business training.

In Malawi, Deborah meets these businesswomen and sees the organisation's work in action. In a country where the majority of people earn less than a pound a day, even modest loans can transform the lives of whole families.

The appeal features the story of Enala Banda, who lives in a remote village in rural Malawi where most people are locked in a cycle of poverty. Her dreams of becoming a teacher were shattered when she had to leave primary school because her family could not afford the fees. Life continued to be a struggle as she grew up and started her own family, and they never had enough food from their land.

Enala recently joined a MicroLoan Foundation group which helped her to set up a small business selling tomatoes and fish. The loan has completely changed her life. She now uses the profits to buy food, send her children to school and save money for the future. Show less