Economic Empowerment

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.

Bridgett Jeffries has dedicated her life to caring for other people’s furry family members as if they were her own.

By offering this service through the Mobile Money Hubs program, Nanays in the Hapinoy sari-sari store program can generate additional income by providing quick, reliable remittance service in the convenience of their customer’s local stores.

In 2018, Mastercard made a strategic shift to refocus the company’s work with the goal of making the digital economy work for everyone, everywhere. It focused on four key areas: financial security, economic development, the future of workers...

Underserved Pittsburgh neighborhoods & struggling small business owners will benefit from 3 programs significantly supported through a $10 million program-related investment announced today by PNC Community Development Banking & the PNC Foundation.

More women are turning to entrepreneurship, and according to Herbalife Nutrition’s second annual Global Entrepreneurship survey, 72 percent of women want to open their own business. Women entrepreneurs create a source of income for themselves...

"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."

At Hause Limited has joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) with the goal to reduce agriculture loss by providing 300,000 low-income producers in rural Uganda with insect and rot-resistant packaging. By 2021, the company will create 30,000 indirect...

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.