In March, I wrote the blog Whole Planet Foundation and Microfinance Partners Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis around how those living in poverty are already in a more vulnerable position, which can be further exacerbated during any external shock such as war, earthquakes, droughts or health crises.
The Whole Planet Foundation team is excited to introduce our new partnership with GGEM Farming, a young social enterprise operating out of Nkhotakota, on the shores of Lake Malawi.
Global Citizen and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) have partnered to create the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF), a fund for Nigerians by Nigerians to combat the devastating effects brought on the people of Nigeria by COVID-19 and its associated restrictions.
Tony was instrumental in his former employer showing up one day to the Whole Foods Market headquarters office in Austin, Texas with a Big Check made out to Whole Planet Foundation for $100,000.
"In the current COVID-19 reality, our work takes on a new urgency. Soon after the stay-at-home orders were given in March, we heard from clients anxious about losing income, not knowing how they were going to pay rent, buy food, and keep up with their monthly bills."
Every quarter Whole Planet Foundation aggregates field metrics from our microfinance partners who are disbursing and collecting microcredit loans to low-income entrepreneurs living in countries where Whole Foods Market sources products.
While most of us generally consider the United States to be a “rich” country by global standards, and while this is true by several measures, many people in the U.S. still live in poverty.
Don Silvio Gómez lives with his family in the village of El Triunfo, near the small city of Pitalito in southwest Colombia. At age 74, he has dedicated more than 50 years of his life to growing coffee. He never imagined that one day it would be...
Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is proud to release Episode 9 of its Impact Minute video blog.
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