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WIL-Funded

VILLAGE BANKS

Kanam Women

Kenya

2022

Kanam Women was founded in 2016 to serve women in Turkana County in Northwest Kenya who were victims of gender based violence. Its mission is to empower vulnerable women (victims of domestic violence, widows and women living with HIV/AIDS) by providing necessary business and vocational skills to secure finance independence and break the cycle of poverty. WIL provided funding to support the development of a microfinance program for women clients.

Esparanza International

Dominican Republic

2022

Esperanza International is a Christian-based not-for-profit organization that is devoted to helping poverty-stricken people of the Dominican Republic through finance, education, health, and spiritual programs

Namaste Direct

Guatemala

2022

Namaste directly contributes to Women's Economic Empowerment by providing business development programs that increase the cash flow of low income women in Guatemala. Namaste serves approximately 350 women annually with business advisory and educational programs along with micro-loans.

Adelante Foundation

Honduras

2022

Adelante provides microfinance and education services to impoverished rural women in Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Its mission is to empower enterprising women with the least opportunity to achieve economic self-sufficiency. WIL's funding aided 15 women in expanding their businesses.

Namaste Direct

Guatemala

2021

Namaste directly contributes to Women's Economic Empowerment by providing business development programs that increase the cash flow of low income women in Guatemala. Namaste serves approximately 350 women annually with business advisory and educational programs along with micro-loans.

Friendship Bridge

Guatemala

2021

WIL renewed its relationship with Friendship Bridge in 2021 by providing funds to support nine women members of the Tierra Blanco Pia Trust Bank in Guatemala.

Global Brigades - Panama

Panama

2021

Global Brigades empowers communities to reduce inequalities by resolving health and economic disparities. Global Brigades adopts a holistic model that provides water, sanitation, health care and the development of community banks to rural communities in developing countries globally. WIL provided working capital to Pueblo Neuvo Community Bank, a women led and managed bank in rural Panama

Fonkoze, US

Haiti

2020

In 2020, WIL continued its previous support of Fonkoze. Fonkoze seeks to eliminate poverty in rural Haiti by providing financial and non-financial services to empower women to make economic choices that benefit their households. Fonkoze serves the poorest of the poor and has empowered over 8200 to break the cycle of poverty.

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