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Kenya
- Jamii Bora client in Kenya
In October of 2008, Whole Planet Foundation teamed up with Unitus, an international microfinance accelerator, and Jamii Bora, a microfinance institution, in the Nyeri Province of Kenya where Whole Foods Market sources coffee in order to make a significant impact on global poverty by increasing access to life-changing microfinance services for the working poor. Unitus partners with young, high-potential microfinance institutions throughout the developing world and helps them build capacity, attract capital, and achieve exponential growth. Whole Planet Foundation’s support will enable Unitus to partner with six new MFIs around the world over the next 3 years. By partnering with Unitus, MFIs will have access to expert support to help their organizations grow, increase their reach, and ensure long-term sustainability. To date, Unitus partners grow 7 times faster than the industry average, increasing the speed with which families can access financial services and achieve economic self reliance. By partnering with Unitus, Whole Planet Foundation will help to dramatically increase the number of the world’s working poor who have access to affordable and appropriate financial services.
Jamii Bora
Jamii Bora Trust is a microlending organization which seeks to assist its members in getting out of poverty and building better lives for themselves and their families. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Jamii Bora operates more than 100 branches across the country to reach its members with financial and social products and services. At the core of Jamii Bora is a fundamental belief that any family, however poor or hopeless, is capable of getting themselves out of poverty. Jamii Bora takes a uniquely comprehensive approach to helping strengthen and utilize all the skills, determination, and hard work of the people of Kenya to build a better nation through better families. Jamii Bora is one of the fastest growing MFIs in Kenya and has ambitious plans to reach half million people by the end of 2009.
Unitus
Unitus is an international nonprofit organization which works to reduce global poverty by increasing access to life-changing microfinance services. Through this leveraged approach, they seek to empower millions of the world’s working poor while transforming the financial systems now left out of their reach. Unitus' portfolio reaches more than 5 million families through 22 partners in Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, and the Philippines. With offices in Seattle, Washington and Bangalore, India, their goal is to reach more than 15 million of the world’s working poor by 2010. ⇐ Previous Area : Next Area ⇒ | Back to Map ↑
