Through innovative assistance for entrepreneurship - including direct microcredit loans and tangible support for the other community partnership projects - we seek to unleash the energy and creativity of every human being we work with in order to create wealth and prosperity in emerging economies.
"Whole Foods Market's philanthropic philosophy is now helping improve the lives of tens of thousands of people every year."John Mackey
Co-Founder of Whole Foods Market
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Featured Microentrepreneur
Marta Martinez; pottery business.
Marta Martinez makes fine pottery in a rural area outside of León, Nicaragua...
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- Asusena's Story: A Whole Planet Foundation Borrower (1.5 minutes)
- Cristina's Story; A Whole Planet Foundation Borrower (3 minutes)
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Foundation News
24-hour ride to help women in developing nations
A total of 24 cyclists - four riders for each of six four-hour shifts over a span 24 hours - began riding around four courses to help women in Central America, Indonesia and India develop their businesses with micro-lending. The Whole Planet Foundation an
Mar. 28, 2008
24 Hours To Empower Bike Ride to Help End Poverty Featured on Fox 7, Good Morning Austin
03/28/2008 -- Austin Community College Students are working to raise money and community awareness for the "Whole Planet Foundation". In an effort to get donations they plan to ride bikes for 24 hours straight. FOX 7's Katherine Kisiel talks to Donnell
Mar. 20, 2008
NPR's EARTH and SKY feature 2006 Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus discussing Whole Planet Foundation's role in expanding his organization Grameen to Latin America
Listen Now! Microcredit is catching on in Latin America with the help of the Whole Planet Foundation, according to Nobel-prize winner Muhammad Yunus, known as the 'banker to the poor.'
Mar. 3, 2008
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Team Member Spotlight
Brenda Applehans
“I loved being able to contribute directly to the partnership Whole Planet Foundation has built with the Pena Blanca community. It was so fun working with the community members; building stoves, cooking the children’s warm lunch with their mothers, teaching the students, and playing with them at recess. The projects commitment to making their everyday life less strenuous, so they have the opportunity to keep their culture alive, is heart warming to me.”
Brenda went on the Team Member Volunteer Program to Guatemala. She spearheaded a program to raise over $3000 for books for the school in Guatemala where she and other team member volunteers teach... read more
