One Acre Fund is an agriculture nonprofit that offers asset-based microfinance to over 130,000 smallholder farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi. This blog post, written by communications associate Hailey Tucker, describes one of One Acre Fund’s (OAF) field staff in Kenya. Before the weekly facilitator’s meeting in Khalumuli, Kenya, farmers …
Whole Planet Foundation’s Supplier Alliance for Microcredit Gives Opportunity Around the Globe
You have through March 31st to help us reach our 2013 Prosperity Campaign fundraising goal of raising $5.7 million by donating at your local Whole Foods Market store or online. So far, we have raised $4.22 million, which is so awesome! Your donation will help us give opportunity by funding …
Join Our 2013 Prosperity Campaign and Enter to Win a Trip to Morocco!
Would you like to win a trip to Morocco, courtesy of Intrepid Travel? Read on for your opportunity to travel abroad and experience the sights, sounds and tastes of this truly unique travel destination as well as learn about the transformative power of microcredit! Currently, we’re funding poverty alleviation through …
10 Top Tweets from the Planet LA Records pre-Grammy Party
We had the awesome opportunity to attend a pre-Grammy party hosted by Planet LA Records and sponsored by Sambazon. Everyone was tweeting up a storm and posting great photos providing a sneak peek into this fun event. Here are a few of our favorites: @Sambazon: RT @LauraNativo #Ozomatli INSANE happy …
Whole Planet Foundation is Going to a Pre-GRAMMY Party, and You Could Be Too!
We couldn’t be more excited to head west next week to be the beneficiary of a very special party taking place at the historic East West Studios in Hollywood – our inaugural pre-GRAMMY benefit! At the event, we’re partnering with our Whole Foods Market West Hollywood store and presenting sponsor …
Snøfrisk Empowers Entrepreneurs to Change Their Own Lives
In my role as Marketing and Outreach Specialist for Whole Planet Foundation, I have the amazing opportunity to cultivate relationships with Whole Foods Market’s supplier community to help us raise funds and awareness. Up until recently, the majority of our supplier partners have come from Grocery and Whole Body departments. …
Microfinance and Raspberry Fields Tea
A Big thanks to Jordan from Honest Tea for sharing this blog post. Have you checked out a bottle of Raspberry Fields Tea from Honest Tea recently? Did you know each time you purchase a bottle you are supporting small business entrepreneurs in developing countries through their partnership with Whole …
Whole Planet Foundation Commits $250,000 to Charlotte, North Carolina
With our microfinance partner Grameen America, I had the pleasure of meeting Charlotte-based microcredit clients at an event called a Borrower’s Market. Many of the recipients of Whole Planet Foundation funds were enthusiastic to learn that their loan was funded by Whole Foods Market and the support of employees (we …
Investing $250,000 in Oakland, California
Whole Planet Foundation to give $250,000 to Oakland, California entrepreneurs through microfinance partner Grameen America This year, Whole Planet Foundation began funding microcredit for women entrepreneurs in the Fruitvale area of Oakland, California with a grant of $250,000 to Grameen America to alleviate local poverty. In April, we visited the …
Suppliers Empowering People to Change Their Own Lives
As one of Whole Foods Market’s non-profits, Whole Planet Foundation was created out of the desire to give back to the global communities where Whole Foods Market stores source products. The foundation funds microlending programs for the very poor in 50 countries, including the U.S., supporting more than a million …