This summer Planet LA Records and Whole Foods Market West Hollywood are once again teaming up to produce the Summer Nights Concert Series, presented by ALO Drink and Lifeway and benefiting Whole Planet Foundation. The first concert kicked off on June 27, with performances by Jenni Alpert, Julia Pierce and …
Guest Post: car2go Members Raise Over $80,000 Through #ride2provide
In the following guest blog, car2go Communications Director Adrianne Wright shares about a car2go program that has raised enough to create more than 400 microloans. At car2go, our mission is to super serve communities in helping them get from Point A to Point B with ease. Last August, we launched “ride2provide” to …
Grameen Ghana Finance Manager Earns MBA
I have been working with Iddrisu, the Finance Manager at Grameen Ghana, over the course of our partnership with this small local microfinance institution in the far northern reaches of Ghana. The MFI has grown significantly over the years and with that growth comes the need to increase their oversight and …
Revisiting Yamileth in Costa Rica
I recently had the pleasure of meeting up again with Yamileth, the microcredit client of ACRG in Costa Rica featured in the 2015 Whole Planet Foundation calendar. Since my visit last year, Yamileth’s business has grown exponentially. Where before she was rearing four pigs, this time around the tally came in at …
Satva Living to Give 5% of Proceeds to Whole Planet Foundation this Month
This month, Satva Living is generously donating 5% of sales to help microentrepreneurs around the world change their own lives. Learn more about their connection to communities where we fund microcredit in the guest blog below. This month from May 13-26th Satva Living is donating five percent of sales to …
Mercedes Recognized for Her Dedication to Serving Microcredit Clients in Paraguay
Mercedes is one of ten Field Officers we have recognized for their work in Latin America and the Caribbean, and works with our microfinance partner in Paraguay, Fundación Paraguaya. Whole Planet Foundation funds Fundación Paraguaya in the sugar cane producing region of Villarrica, where the success of the program depends on dedicated …
Guest Post: Madécasse Shares Stories from Madagascar
In the following guest blog, Tim McCollum, one of the co-founders of our partner Madécasse, shares the brand’s connection to Madagascar, where Whole Planet Foundation funds microcredit through the Premiere Agence de Microfinance. We’re excited to deepen our partnership through new co-branded chocolate bars! We want people to know what Madagascar …
Guest Blog: Roots in Peru – Navitas Naturals Began with Maca
Through the sales of select Navitas Naturals products during the month of April, the brand hopes to raise $20,000 to generate 104 new microloans, helping 520 people lift themselves out of poverty. This is an especially exciting promotion because Whole Planet Foundation partners with Pro Mujer to fund microcredit in Peru, a land …
The MFI of the Year for Africa/MENA Region Awarded to INMAA in Morocco
The MFI of the Year for Africa/MENA region was awarded to our partner in Morocco, INMAA, an organization that has demonstrated consistent growth over recent years. Following a 2009-10 crisis of the once celebrated Moroccan microfinance sector, INMAA had lost half its clients. This crisis was due to unchecked rapid growth, over-indebtedness …
Learn About Our New Project in Zambia
We have recently added a new project in Zambia to our Africa portfolio. We are partnering with MicroLoan Foundation, a British registered charity that has operated in Malawi since 2002. They began a small Zambia operation in 2009 just across the border from their Malawi head office. At the end of 2014 …