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

Empowering Entrepreneurs: Interview with Ashley Kvamme
Kimo Sabe Mezcal has been supporting Whole Planet Foundation since 2016 with product donations of mezcal for fundraising events and starting this year contributing $1 per bottle sold in select Whole Foods Market locations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Mobile Phone Services Empower Rural Businesses in Cote D’Ivoire
Whole Planet Foundation decided to provide a grant for building a mobile platform because while many worry about the burden of interest rates charged on microloans (and much of West Africa tightly controls and limits these rates)...

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

People Power Microcredit: Behind the Scenes in Latin America
This year, we are bringing you People Power Microcredit, a newsletter series that goes behind the scenes to show you the incredible people driving our mission forward.

Education

Empowering Entrepreneurs: Interview with Elizabeth Mack
Through the Freestyle Language Center, Elizabeth Mack aspires to create a true language learning community with a fun stress-free model and effective methodology where using the language in relevant context is key.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Infographic | Whole Planet Foundation and Partners Alleviating Global Poverty Through Microcredit
Learn more about Whole Planet Foundation microfinance partners and our global poverty alleviation in 75 countries and 17 U.S. cities in our 2018 Annual Report.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Chobani is Changing the World One Yogurt At A Time
Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya’s new TED TALK centers on “the Anti-CEO Playbook” – his advocacy for a new way of doing business around community, responsibility, gratitude, and accountability.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mobile Money Meets Traditional Microfinance in Kenya
In recent years, there’s been a lot of buzz, and skepticism, about Sweden’s efforts to move to a cashless economy. Other countries are following suit. In the place of physical cash, these economies are increasingly using credit, debit, and mobile payments for financial transactions. One central criticism of cashless economies is that the reliance on technology will exclude vulnerable populations – those who are most likely to be unbanked or have low digital literacy or technology access.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

People Power Microcredit: Whole Planet Foundation’s Daniel Zoltani
Each month, we will take you behind the scenes to introduce you to the teams that are dedicated to empowering the world’s poorest people to become entrepreneurs. You will meet Field Officers, volunteers, and Whole Planet Foundation staff. Through their stories you will get a glimpse into a day on the job—whether it is in Austin, Texas or Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Front Line Financial Inclusion: Whole Planet Field Officer Appreciation Award – Asia/Pacific
WPF’s Field Officer Appreciation Award is an initiative to support our partners to recognize the hard work done by field staff on the front lines of microfinance. During quarter one, WPF disbursed prizes to the field officers who were nominated by our microfinance partners at the end of 2018. Here are some highlights from this group of nominees from the Asia/Pacific region and some lovely award ceremonies that our partners have shared. Even with personalized recognition, all the staff chose to share their prize with their colleagues and/or the clients they serve!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Broadening Financial Inclusion Borders in Bangladesh
According to Women’s World Banking, “Women in Bangladesh have the highest-ever rates of literacy and employment, and the country’s economy is growing. Financial inclusion now stands at more than 50 percent, nearly doubling in the past few years. But the financial inclusion gender gap is growing rapidly too, with fewer than half of women accessing or using formal financial services.”
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