Wisconsin Microfinance has a new name: we're now WorldWise Microfinance!
Our mission is to provide access to capital (at a reasonable rate) to individuals (primarily women) who aspire to lift their families out of poverty by starting and running a small business.
We envision a world where the rural poor hold the power to create opportunity for themselves and others.
We are currently supporting entrepreneurs in 6 countries: Haiti, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. Since 2010, we have provided over 2,000 loans to entrepreneurs to build their own businesses and we consistently demonstrated that an investment in individuals can improve the quality of life of their families and their communities.
WorldWise Microfinance measures both the success of our programs in terms of money circulated, but also assesses improvements in quality of life of our loan recipients.
Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Give a woman microcredit, she, her husband, her children and her extended family will eat for a lifetime.
—Bono
Your support unleashed
Our programs are based on the microfinance model developed by Muhammad Yunus through the Grameen Bank. The Grameen Bank was founded on the belief that the very poor have unlimited potential, and unleashing their creativity and initiative can help end poverty.
When you donate to WorldWise Microfinance, you are empowering families with the resources needed to rise above poverty.
Donate nowHost a fundraiser, make a recurring contribution, or participate in a corporate or congregational partnership to support our work.
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October 17, 2024
Here at WorldWise Microfinance, we think it is important to lift up women’s voices all around the world, and also here at home. That is why we are so proud to have 9 wonderful women on our board. We can […]
May 19, 2024
Driving down the two-lane highway that connects Ghana’s capital city of Accra with the historic city of Cape Coast, Nana Obokese picks up the phone, put it down, and tells his driver to stop the car at the side of […]
