Whole Planet

Whole Planet, a project of Whole Foods Market Foundation, empowers entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers living in poverty to create or expand their own small businesses. Our mission is poverty alleviation through microcredit.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Community Health Facilitators Support CASHPOR's COVID Response in India
One of India’s first responses to the COVID crisis was a strict lockdown from late March through May. During this period, government guidelines restricted movements, especially across jurisdictions

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation Virtual 5K Raises $63,000 for Low-Income Entrepreneurs
Fifteen hundred participants joined Whole Planet Foundation’s Power Your Purpose Virtual 5K to run, walk, bike or move for microcredit.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation Partners with Hope for Haiti in Power Your Purpose Virtual 5K
Pivoting from a physical 5K Run in Austin, Texas to an online event due to COVID-19 has meant partners like Hope for Haiti are joining Whole Planet Foundation to alleviate poverty through microcredit around the globe.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

1,200 People Are Moving for Microcredit during the Whole Planet Foundation Virtual 5K
Whole Planet Foundation is grateful to our partners and participants who are mobilizing to support microentrepreneurs around the world on June 27th!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation $10,000 Fund Partners Move for Microcredit
Whole Planet Foundation’s $10,000 Fund partners are mobilizing to support microentrepreneurs around the world on June 27th!

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation's Pledge to Protect Microfinance Institutions and Their Clients From the Economic Effects of COVID-19
Whole Planet Foundation has recently signed onto the Key Principles to Protect Microfinance Institutions and their Clients in the COVID-19 Crisis, supporting dialogue and collective action to help microfinance institutions support their clients in this difficult period.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Pledge to Protect Microfinance Institutions and Their Clients From the Economic Effects of the COVID-19
In response to the health and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19, a group of lenders, platforms and key players of the inclusive financial sector committed to a common pledge.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Preparedness as a Pathway to Resilience in Haiti
In a country like Haiti, with a lack of national social assistance for the poor, households must be self-reliant and proactive to prepare for shocks

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Entrepreneurship in Nepal through the Microfranchise Approach
Kalpavriksha is one of the newest social enterprise partners in our Asia/Pacific portfolio. Kalpavriksha belongs to Pollinate Group and its sister organization, Asha Kiran, operates in India.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Coronavirus is the Latest Dire Challenge Facing Poor Entrepreneurs in Ghana
This is a photo of a loan group called Unity Group made up of microentrepreneurs in the poor, northern Accra suburb of Pokuase served by Whole Planet Foundation’s Ghanaian microfinance partner ID Ghana.
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