Whole Planet Foundation was founded to reach people living in poverty around the globe where Whole Foods Market sources products. We are excited to announce our new partnership with Concern Worldwide in Burundi to support their Terintambwe program, which provides case management services to ultra-poor households so they have opportunities …
Whole Planet Foundation® Launches 2018 Prosperity Campaign
Partners Commit $1.2 Million for Microcredit AUSTIN, Texas (February 16, 2018) – On Thursday, March 1, Whole Planet Foundation launches its Annual Prosperity Campaign to alleviate poverty around the globe for the world’s poorest people – mostly women – living in communities where Whole Foods Market® sources products. This year’s …
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 that grew out of a …
WPF Invests $300,000 in Des Moines
Whole Planet Foundation’s partnership with microfinance partner Solidarity Microfinance began in June 2015. On her last visit, WPF’s Roxana audited the grant and observed progress in person. While she was in Des Moines, she met microcredit client Renata. For over two years, Renata has been taking Herbalife nutritional supplements to …