The holiday season is here and there are some amazing Whole Foods Market suppliers supporting our mission through holiday products. As we find gifts for our loved ones, we often look for those that have a special meaning. With that spirit in mind, we’ve created a list of gift ideas from brands who …
Microfinance Institutions of the Year Make an Impact in their Communities
In January 2015, we launched the Microfinance Institution (MFI) of the Year Award to acknowledge and appreciate our outstanding partners demonstrating leadership in the microfinance industry both regionally and globally. The award features organizations that continue to responsibly provide sound financial services while incorporating new, more and/or better products and services for …
#MJP2Contest Winner Sarita Witnesses Microcredit at Work in Los Angeles
Congratulations to Sarita for being our #MJP2Contest winner! Her winning entry, pictured on the left, was one of many thoughtful submissions that she entered throughout the contest. Her caption below tells a story of hard work, dedication and creativity that provided an inspiring answer to contest prompt: “What empowers you?” “Since …
Shan Valley Helps Us Fund Microcredit in Myanmar
Our partner Shan Valley shares the story of tea sourcing in Myanmar, which was recently approved as our 68th country project. Whole Planet Foundation is committed to alleviating poverty in countries where Whole Foods Market sources product. These product connections enable us to fund microcredit in a given country. Learn …
Honoring the Memory of Doctor Harihar Dev Pant
In 2008, Whole Planet Foundation launched a partnership with Nirdhan Utthan Bank Ltd. and Mercy Corps to support the expansion of financial services in the remote eastern highlands of Nepal. I have had the absolute pleasure of visiting Nirdhan annually since 2011 and temporarily relocated to Kathmandu valley in the summer of 2013. …
Guest Blog – A Youth Mind: East Africa
Learn how high school students in the United States are engaging with youth in East Africa through A Youth Mind: East Africa in the Guest Blog below: A Youth Mind: East Africa is a project that will provide a glimpse into the lives of Eastern Africa’s youth: their emotions, friends, family, homes …
#TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou
Whole Planet Foundation Advisory Board Member Magatte Wade weighs in on #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou On June 23rd, Rachel, a young woman from Ghana, launched the hashtag #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou. She explained to Mashable, “I started this Campaign because I felt that it’s time the world knew the truth about Africans, to hear our stories …
Guest Post: car2go Members Raise Over $80,000 Through #ride2provide
In the following guest blog, car2go Communications Director Adrianne Wright shares about a car2go program that has raised enough to create more than 400 microloans. At car2go, our mission is to super serve communities in helping them get from Point A to Point B with ease. Last August, we launched “ride2provide” to …
Grameen Ghana Finance Manager Earns MBA
I have been working with Iddrisu, the Finance Manager at Grameen Ghana, over the course of our partnership with this small local microfinance institution in the far northern reaches of Ghana. The MFI has grown significantly over the years and with that growth comes the need to increase their oversight and …
Revisiting Yamileth in Costa Rica
I recently had the pleasure of meeting up again with Yamileth, the microcredit client of ACRG in Costa Rica featured in the 2015 Whole Planet Foundation calendar. Since my visit last year, Yamileth’s business has grown exponentially. Where before she was rearing four pigs, this time around the tally came in at …