More than 10 years ago, on October 25, 2005, Whole Foods Market stores hosted a 5% Day to raise the funds that seeded Whole Planet Foundation. Since that day, we celebrate Poverty is Unnecessary Day every year on October 25th to honor the words of Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank. …
Productive Assets Spell Success for Entrepreneurs in Africa
This blog comes from Brian Doe on our Field Team. Brian was hired as the Africa Field Program Manager in 2010 to manage growing Whole Planet Foundation support in Africa. Today as Regional Director, he provides oversight to current partners and works to expand Whole Planet Foundation’s work across the …
Buy Coffee to Support Microcredit on September 29
Love coffee? Want to up your cup by helping to alleviate poverty in 68 countries? On #NationalCoffeeDay, September 29th, 2016, Allegro Coffee Company will be celebrating by giving back to the countries and communities that farm their amazing coffee. For every fresh brewed coffee purchased at Whole Foods Market, Allegro will donate $1 …
Fundación Paraguaya: Microfinance In Paraguay
This blog post comes from Roxana Newton of the Whole Planet Foundation Field Team. Roxana is the Program Manager for Latin and North America. She visited Paraguay in the summer of 2016. In 2015, our microfinance partner in Paraguay, Fundación Paraguaya, won Whole Planet Foundation’s microfinance organization of the year. When …
Field Officer Award in Peru
This quarter, we celebrate field officers from our microfinance partners in Latin America who go above and beyond to serve the most underserved populations in their areas. The often-unsung heroes of microcredit, these officers work to serve borrowers in the field, sometimes traveling hundreds of miles to reach those who …
Summer Nights Concert Series for Microcredit Wraps Up 4th Year
This summer, Planet LA Records and Whole Foods Market stores in Southern California teamed up once again to produce the Summer Nights Concert Series, presented by ALO Drinks, Lifeway, and VitaCoco. Proceeds for the series benefit Whole Planet Foundation. So far, event sponsors and attendees have raised over $1100 for …
WPF Invests $500K in Boston
With our partner Grameen America, Supplier Alliance for Microcredit donors Seventh Generation, Papyrus-Recycled Greetings, shoe vendor SR Max and Whole Foods Market Boston-area team members visited clients during an extraordinary day! We were able to meet ten empowered businesswomen like Damaris who runs her neighborhood restaurant that grew out of …
Field Officer Appreciation Award in El Salvador
The success of microfinance depends on the hard work of Field Officers who work with microcredit borrowers around the world. Honoring these heroes of microfinance is one of our Field Team’s favorite quarterly initiatives. The Whole Planet Foundation Latin/North America team received many nominations for outstanding Field Officers working in …
Run in the Virtual 10K for the Planet July 14-18
Whole Planet Foundation’s 2016 Virtual 10K Run for the Planet aims to raise $35,000 to lift 1,000 more people out of poverty. We run in 69 countries and have given opportunity to more than 7 million people since we first started in 2005. We can’t run without your help! With your …
Living On One Raises Funds to Help 6400 People
Living on One Raises Funds to Help 6,400 People Whole Planet Foundation is proud to announce that our partners at Living on One have helped us raise almost a quarter of a million dollars to alleviate poverty worldwide since the release of their film in 2013. With the help of …